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...follow a squeeze, and stay light on my feet, I honestly can’t be a boss in a world of tiled floors, disco balls, and “Brown-Eyed Girl.” Part of me enjoys my dependence, his strong grip, the unplanned spin and sudden dip, rare twists for this normally type-A personality. But I also wonder if my complete inability to lead coupled with a demand for competent male dance partners points out a hypocrisy at the heart of my dancing dilemma. Are we girls contradicting ourselves by asking for both modern equality...
...quixotic romance over which the maelstrom of press has swooned. At the story’s center is the love of Ennis and Jack, but it’s a romance with its fair share of grime. Their very first sex scene is as bewildering for its rather sudden advent as its overt hostility. The two know to keep it hush hush: “It’s nobody’s business but ours,” says Jack. When the summer ends, the two go home: Jack to rodeo riding in Texas and Ennis to his fianc?...
...that the show will help them meet their goal of $50,000 of aid for the devastated region. “Keeping in mind that Harvard gave $150,000 for the Tsunami and $600,000 for Katrina, [our goal] is not that much,” Mir says. A sudden change in University policy this fall has made meeting that goal more challenging than expected. After matching student donations dollar for dollar during Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, Harvard revised its approach this October, just before the earthquake hit. Though the university has pledged substantial aid to student groups...
...Some students who have used the blogs said they were satisfied with their experiences, although none said that they had altered their opinions at all as a result of it.Benjamin E. Click ’06 expanded on why he thought the blogs had gained such a sudden increase in popularity.“There is something of a shortage of mass venues,” he said. “And I think people have a lot to say about this UC election because of the catastrophic disasters we’ve seen recently. Team Zebra?...
...When the Soviet Union crumbled in 1991, most people of Belarus were taken aback by their sudden freedom, and shocked by an onslaught of corruption. In 1994, they elected Lukashenko, 51, a former state farm boss, popularly known as the Batska (which means both father and leader). The charismatic member of parliament with a bushy mustache and a talent for fiery oratory built his presidential campaign on a pledge to stamp out corruption, rein in the high-handed bureaucracy and restore ties with Russia. Many voters hoped that such an alliance would ease the burden of cleaning up after...