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...dead swan was spotted floating close to the riverbank near Maliuc, on the middle branch of the Danube. An old woman gently held the swan's head and showed it to onlookers. The peasants here are greatly affected by the death of these birds, which they believe are a symbol of purity and grace. Since then some 140 dead swans have been found, and the village itself is under strict quarantine. Residents are not allowed to go far. They stand watching the boats go by, but the only craft allowed to dock in Maliuc are military vessels bringing food...
...approximately 46 times since sitting down to write this article. Maybe facebook.com is merely a façade for our only mildly unique and interesting lives. I, however, like to believe that when we look back on pop culture of this decade we will think of it as a symbol of our college years at Harvard.But why is it that facebook.com is especially popular here? Though facebook.com has gained incredible interest across the nation, I’ve noted from conversations with friends at other colleges that it is far more of an “obsession?...
...might not have caught us completely by surprise—after all, the iPod has, in every incarnation, been better designed than most of its competition, and it has also been the subject of an incredibly successful marketing blitz that has transformed it from mere music player into status symbol. Further, there are some real benefits to owning the same gadgets as all your friends—accessories are cheap, tech support is easy to come by, and the bragging rights are indisputable.But there are costs, too. Sony, for example isn’t happy about all of this...
...refuses to be quantified, measured, reckoned, even estimated. We may be able to count the lives lost and shattered, compute the cost in dollars and cents, but we will never be able to add up the psychic and emotional toll of what happened that night ... Bali was a symbol for most of us: of better times, of a future where we might lie in the sun for a few days or weeks, of a blissful state that has now vanished. We lost not only a resort and nearly 200 lives and our sense of safety amid a world...
...Featherstone, a 1996 Ig Nobel recipient and inventor of the plastic pink flamingo, appeared on stage with his wife and black poodle—all dressed in black suits adorned with hand painted pink flamingos in the shape of the infinity symbol...