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...Blunt "would continue to have our good working relationship." Blunt, the man in charge of blocking the Democrats' agenda, not only extolled Clyburn, but said "there's a lot to admire about Nancy Pelosi." Clyburn highlighted the tie he was wearing with red and blue stripes as a symbol of how both parties could work together...
...have no idea what this book is about, but the combination of the male bathroom symbol pointing a gun at his head, the word “apathy” in bold, the sign language at the bottom, and the mention of Camus and “Office Space” in the reviewer’s quote are enough to capture any mild cynic’s interest. There are probably many pseudo-intellectuals out there making this their manifesto. Your witty friends would eat this...
...year is 1572, and in a village in the mountainous Cévennes region of sourthern France now under the control of itinerant Calvinist preacher Monsieur Marcel, expressing sympathy for a symbol of Catholic veneration is not a prudent act. Because legend says that the Virgin was a redhead, Isabelle’s hair—a “halo of copper”—earns her the villager’s suspicion that she practices witchcraft...
Invented in Japan, rickshaws became a ubiquitous symbol of Western imperialism in the 19th century as native coolies hauled around their foreign masters in places as far afield as Shanghai and Zanzibar. But as they were steadily replaced by more efficient-and less demeaning-conveyances, the two-wheeled, human-powered carriages gradually disappeared from streets around the world. Now, the rickshaw's long, bumpy road is at a dead end. Calcutta, the last major metropolis with a traditional rickshaw fleet still in operation, will ban them following a state law passed last week declaring the vehicles "inhumane." Here are some...
...Young ’08, a member of the Apache group, and Kemy Q. Wahpepah ’09, a member of the Kickapoo group, joined Leonard as they stood in a circle by Matthews Hall and held a bowl of burning sage. Sage is a Native American symbol of cleansing and new beginnings, according to Leonard...