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...Harvard’s 2008-09 campaign—which saw the team sputter through mediocrity early on but recover to go on a late tear and steal the ECAC regular season crown in the last weekend of play—was certainly impressive...
...Walls Will Tear Us Apart It is sad to know that India's building of a fence along its many miles of border with Bangladesh is the only solution to prevent migrants and terrorists from Bangladesh infiltrating India [Feb. 16]. I can understand that there may be economic disparities and security threats. However, before enclosing Bangladesh with a fence, India's government should place the top priority on helping its neighbor stand on its own feet by boosting Dhaka's economy and shining the way for its poorer, smaller neighbor. After all, India is one of the new superpowers...
...heart / and its wings / struggling from under an upturned glass.” Why does he do it? When faced with the perfection and innocence of spring, and his own fear of the birds and the bees, he says: “something inside me made me want to tear it apart.” With this in mind, the listener’s disarmed revulsion upon first hearing music so overwhelmingly naïve can be seen as a natural defense mechanism, a way to mask our own insecurities by inflicting violence on something pure. In album opener...
...There's plenty to entertain you at the Encore, even if you don't like to play the tables. If you can tear yourself away from the spa, there's a perfectly pleasant outdoor pool (one section of which allows topless sunbathing, though I demurred); a $500-a-round golf course designed by Tom Fazio and Wynn; and La Rêve, the impressive, water-themed acrobatic show. The beauty of the Wynn is that you don't ever have to leave the grounds of the resort to enjoy yourself for a couple of days. All of Las Vegas...
...there’s something very exciting about being in London around 1910, just as modernism is about to take off—crazy Ezra Pound has come over from America and is running around town, saying, “we’re going to tear up the old forms”.12.FM: The issue of power between critic and writer is an interesting one; who runs thing in the realm of things domestic? If your (Lucien) mom and dad were yelling contradictory orders, whom would you follow?JW: Who is in charge at home, Lucien?Lucien: [silence...