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...aftermath of this random killing, many tributes have been written to Eve’s life and the love she had for her peers. I’ve cried over anecdotes about her school pride—wearing Carolina-blue sneakers and leading Tar Heels cheers before basketball games—and her dedication to helping others, even complete strangers. Her friends and school administrators say that the greatest memorial to Eve would be for others to emulate her spirit and passion, and to follow “the Carolina way,” a mantra that defined both...
...Tar Heels (2-1) dealt Harvard its final blow of the day. Injuries finally caught up with the Crimson as it managed only one win to finish the day’s competition...
...that the world is running out of oil. There are massive reserves available in Canadian tar sands, Colorado shale, Venezuelan heavy oil and other unconventional deposits. The problem is that most of this oil is hard to extract and even harder to refine, and it isn't likely to account for a significant share of global production anytime soon. Almost everybody agrees that the pumping of conventionally sourced oil outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has already peaked or will peak soon, a reality that even discoveries like the recent 8 billion-bbl. find off the coast...
...been talking to Puryear about Maroon, a large, dark, bulbous form made mostly from wood and wire mesh covered with tar. The piece is part of his triumphant retrospective that opens Nov. 4 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which was organized by John Elderfield, MOMA's chief curator of painting and sculpture. As soon as I brought up the beauty problem, Puryear agreed. It took me a minute to realize we were talking past each other. He thought the work was so challenging to ordinary notions of what's pleasing to the eye "that...
...still not comfortable with historians and Harvard professors declaiming in documentaries about their love of the Olde Towne Team. And the Sox themselves have been so slovenly - helmets covered in pine tar, caps caked in resin, their sweatshirt-loving manager never seen in his uniform top - even Oscar Madison is embarrassed...