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BEIJING New subway opens as city preps for Olympics...
...against you will go against you—traffic, people not listening, just natural stuff. But I think it makes you a better performer. It’s all good practice for playing, your voice, everything.”In the winter, Gerard plans on playing in the subway, but would like to play in New York, and hopes to someday make it “all the way.”“I’ve been told that New York’s a tough place to play. But on the same token, playing over there...
...about his behavior, according to union representatives. The university fired Toomey, who was still on leave, on August 3. Harvard College Library spokeswoman Beth Brainard said Toomey’s termination was due to “performance and work-related issues” and unrelated to the subway incident. Brainard declined to comment further, citing University policy not to discuss specific personnel matters. Karen O’Brien, Toomey’s union representative, said the University breached its contract with the union by firing Toomey without following the proper grievance process, which includes several levels of mediation...
...very comfortable—like at home,” HIS President Shaheer A. Rizvi ’08 said. “I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.” Rizvi and several other HIS members made the 25-minute subway trip to the event on the 16th day of the holy month of Ramadan. The opening of the ISB Cultural Center, which includes a mosque, library, and school, had been opposed by several activist groups who expressed concern over alleged ISB ties to terrorists and anti-Semitic groups...
...understand Beijing as a whole.I found that kind of beauty, for instance, at Jianguomen, an ancient astronomical observatory. The rooftop collection of huge, rusted telescopes and instruments is itself surrounded by skyscrapers, and the building also serves as the entrance to one of Beijing’s largest subway stations.The result is a neatly framed artistic interaction between the old and new: The elegant instruments of Chinese classical antiquity stand dwarfed by urbanity, but at the same time, these ancient telescopes still stand watch over Beijing, no matter how much the city has changed. A similar artistic quality was present...