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...native palm. Lemurs are sleeping this time of day, though, and a sleeping lemur is hard to spot. But then our guide, Marie Razafindrasolo, stops us - perched on a branch some 20 feet up is the black and white indri, the largest of the living lemurs and the symbol of Madagascar. After a few minutes, the indri gives a high-pitched, sustained cry - a spacing call, a warning to any other indri in the area, and a sound that stays with...
...dubious about both its calming and its curative effects. Barak's cousin Dr. Nava Becher reminds me that Moses coiled a bronze snake around his staff and thrust it upward to the sky ("to remind people of the Almighty," she says) and that the snake is a symbol for medicine ("meaning that what kills you can also cure you"). Many of Barak's regular clients claim that the snakes help ease migraines and soothe sore muscles...
...says. The diversity of the musicians who came to play at Club 47 opened up the eyes of the community to the struggles being faced all across America. “In a week or two weeks or a month’s time you could see a symbol of a great deal of America through song, the labor movements, the wars, economic hardships, the Woody Guthrie songs of the depression, Joni Mitchell just starting to write some of the most amazing music that we’ve had written in the folk genre,” Siggins Smith says...
...getting taken off the list so important to the North? First, simply, it was a matter of face, of reducing its pariah-state image - a tangible symbol of being welcomed back into the global community. Second, removal held out at least the prospect, down the road, of some economic benefits. A spot on Washington's terror list scares off the world's multilateral lending institutions - including the IMF, World Bank and Asia Development Bank - from even considering aid programs given that the U.S. is their largest contributor...
...have a good year of collaboration and cooperation.” Most of the events featured discussions by individuals from a variety of faiths. “The goal is to have a celebration of religious, spiritual, and community diversity here, and the Harvard Chaplains are a symbol of this diverse collection,” Epstein said. According to Benjamin J. King, Episcopalian chaplain at Harvard, “We range from atheists to Zoroastrians. We shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it.” Jessamin H. Birdsall ’10, an audience member, called...