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...troops in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees to shield themselves from sniper fire and shrapnel. Lately, an even more novel item has joined their battle kits. Stratford, N.J., mom Marcelle Shriver recently got a call from her son Todd requesting ... Silly String. Marines working with his unit in Iraq had shown the Army combat engineer how it can be used to detect trip wires. Before searching buildings, for example, personnel spray doorways from at least 10 ft. away with streams of foam--and see if they're snagged by barely visible wires...
...When coach [Tim] Murphy recruited me to come to Harvard, he made it very clear that if you were a good enough player, the NFL scouts were going to find you,” says Fitzpatrick, currently the third-string quarterback for the St. Louis Rams. “That being said, I didn’t feel as if it was a realistic possibility for me to play in the NFL. It wasn’t until after my junior year when I started receiving calls from agents that I realized I had a shot at playing...
...Fitzpatrick continued to acclimate himself to the offense, taking snaps with the third string and waiting for his number to be called, this year brought a very welcome—and improbable—surprise...
...Swan Lake” performance by the Russian Kirov Ballet? To make up for your cultural ignorance, the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (that’s so Cambridge...) presents a preview of the Boston-based dance company Snappy Dance Theater’s original production, “String Beings.” According to Snappy’s website, the performance “explores the relationship between manipulating and being manipulated.” Don’t forget your rape whistle. Fri., Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Tickets $20 for students...
...they never got enough funds to start construction.” The dilapidated Saiqi orphanage is still home to 34 mostly disabled orphans. The benefit included a speech by Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs, on the social challenges faced by China and musical performances by a string quartet organized for the occasion by Lushen L. Wu ’09. Gene Corbin, executive director of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), said that although HCC is not a member, its fund-raising strategy is similar to that of other undergraduate public service organizations. The Undergraduate Council...