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...said. DiFabio said that the positive effects of AP Italian are not confined to academics. “Appreciation at a very advanced level of language and culture is also translated into the fact that language is not only taken as a prerequisite, but it becomes a unifying thread in who you are as an individual,” DiFabio said. She noted that for each of the other exams that were dropped—French Literature, Latin Literature, and Computer Science AB—there is another, similar exam that students can take. “It?...
...compete for yearlong contracts with Veritas.The bands performed at the Queen’s Head on Nov. 7, and four groups emerged victorious to sign with Veritas: Shy October, The Ben Kultgen Band, Elephantom, and Start, Go!THE BANDSThe bands exhibit diversity in age and musical style. The one thread that links them all is a shared commitment to pursuing music at Harvard—even though many members say the scene here is almost stiflingly geared toward classical music and a cappella.Shy October is the only band comprised entirely of Harvard students. Singer Caitria O’Neill said...
...resolved to fight on. Israel says it has identified at least 200 Hamas members who have been killed thus far, but a Hamas official in Damascus told TIME, "So far we have only lost 60 martyrs. We're prepared to lose many more." Advancing Israeli troops have had to thread through complicated Hamas defenses of roadside bombs and booby-trapped houses, and they are using robots to clear Hamas' maze of tunnels...
...into the darkened hallway that was already filling with smoke. Felicity wielded the torch like a broadsword, swung it left and right. Slowly the dark house came alight with fire. She paused at the top of the great staircase. In the gray din below, she thought she saw a thread of golden hair. It disappeared, and then she saw her imbecile of a husband running in the same direction. He must not reach Roxanna! Felicity hurled the burning torch down the stairs at Frederick’s feet. Frederick shrieked and jumped back as a line of fire sprung...
...Davis said that about one-quarter of the plants Thoreau observed in his notebooks have become extinct, and that 36 percent now are in such low abundance that they are “hanging by a thread...