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...Sales increase of Armani underwear at Selfridges in the U.K. after it was announced that David Beckham would star...
...remarkable, in many ways, is the freshmen's ability to resist the pressure and allure of endorsing - both of which are enormous. How does a first-term Congressman find the strength to say no to Hillary Clinton, or her husband, former President Bill Clinton? Or the veritable rock star that Barack Obama has become? Any one of whom, more likely than not, raised money and campaigned...
...which started it all, was the brainchild of activists impatient with the "middle-path" approach. One of them, Tenzin Tsundue, now in detention in India, has been a longtime supporter of more fervent resistance. In 2002, he made news by scaling 14 stories of scaffolding of a Mumbai five-star hotel when Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was inside. "Some would say there is a disconnect between young Tibetans and our political leadership, and that it would help if the Dalai Lama moved toward a sterner position - possibly say China better get serious about the talks or walk out," says Lhadon...
...also broadly transformed current astronomical understanding of star-forming regions by providing a more accurate picture of other stellar phenomena—such as spherical winds from newborn stars...
Just past Dawes Island, at the entrance to Cambridge Common, is a marble gateway topped with an ironwork trellis. At the center of the trellis, a lone Native American stares out enigmatically from a shield, a star over his right shoulder. Above his head a disembodied hand clutches a sword. Below, engraved on a banner, is the inscription, “ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem,” a Latin phrase meaning, “by the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty...