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...little pocket. That's what Italians call a jacket's breast pocket, il taschino, and Ter Meulen, thimble on finger, is finishing off the neatly lined slit in the square scrap of French-vanilla gabardine during a weeklong stint learning Old World tailoring techniques. "You have to stitch really straight," the 23-year-old student says after ironing down the soft piece of fabric. "It's not to be rushed...
...winning team, described as a "Pulp Fiction moment" all the bullets missed Malott, leaving the two combatants standing shocked in the hallway. Not bothering to shoot back, Malott turned and ran. Great marksmanship indeed. On second thought, does ROTC even want Harvard students? They can't shoot straight anyway...
...think that this panel will be one of the most informative experiences that I take away from Harvard,” said one audience member, Adam R. Singerman ’09. “I haven’t had the experience of hearing from queer athletes or straight athletes or any athletes about queerness intersecting with the athletics sphere at Harvard, so in that sense it was completely new information which was fascinating...
...flat-panel TV sets churned out by the region's factories. The consequences have been disastrous. Every major economy in the region, from Japan to Singapore, has seen exports contract sharply, usually by eye-popping double-digits. Taiwan registered year-over-year declines of more than 20% for five straight months starting in November. China saw year-over-year declines of more than 17% in January, February and March. Millions of Asians lost their jobs as tens of thousands of factories were closed...
...there might be a glimmer of hope. Recent data shows that exports are starting to inch off their lows, an indication that the worst of the recession in Asia may be passing. In Singapore, exports rose 11% in March from February, the second straight month-on-month increase. Japan's grew by 2.2% in March from the month before, leading Merrill Lynch economists to speculate that "it is possible that exports are bottoming." Most importantly, China's exports rose 7.6% in March from February, after six straight months of contraction. "While exports growth is likely to remain weak...