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...Jenny Savalette de Lange A ubiquitous figure of high Parisian society, de Lange resisted marriage, leaving behind a string of rebuffed suitors-and for good reason: upon her death in 1858, coroners discovered that she was in fact a he. Rampant speculation about de Lange's true identity prompted the publication of more than a few "histories" unmasking the transvestite socialite as the last Bourbon monarch, still in hiding...
...favorite bands, Air. Three years since the release of their masterpiece “Talkie Walkie,” the French duo have returned with “Pocket Symphony” and a fresh supply of their patented haute-electronica. Their sound combines rigorous piano, string, and synth melodies with a variety of eclectic instrumentals, plus vocals by both group members, Nicholas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. In “Pocket Sympony,” Air continues to exploit their original sound and attempts to forge a perfect balance between synths and live instrumentation. However, many...
...failed to take advantage of that.” With a negative hitting percentage (-.025), Harvard was unable to reach 30 points before MIT took the game. Quickly giving up the first four points of the game, the Crimson struggled to regain momentum for the first half. After a string of hits and blocks by Nelson and Weissbourd, the Crimson narrowed the gap, only trailing the Engineers by two points, 22-24, but fell in the end after four consecutive errors.Splitting the first two games helped Harvard realize that it had to step up.“[The second game...
Such practices leave central-government officials fuming helplessly. After the string of accidents that left more than 100 miners dead in November, Li, Beijing's top official in charge of work safety, alleged that in one case, in which 32 died, local officials had ignored an order to close a shaft. "With local governments as backstage supporters, unscrupulous mine owners just keep operating illegally," Li was quoted as saying in the state-run English-language China Daily. "This is a direct challenge to the authority of state laws and regulations...
...string of firings is raising questions about just who is being held accountable as the nation prepares to enter its fifth year of the war in Iraq. Harvey is gone, and the career of the Walter Reed commander he fired Thursday, Major General George Weightman, is all but over. The temporary Walter Reed boss, Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley is likely to meet the same fate. Yet, as the war the Bush administration predicted would be a "cakewalk" before it began has bogged down, not a single civilian boss or top military commander has taken a similar fall...