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...National Day of Counter-Recruitment,” a multi-city demonstration organized to voice opposition to the Solomon Amendment and the Iraq war, according to the group’s website. Upon arriving, the 40-person antiwar group clashed with an equally passionate throng of 15 Solomon Amendment supporters. At one point, the two groups fought for acoustic superiority as they simultaneously belted out renditions of “God Bless America” and an original antiwar song. But after the dual came to a close, the protesters returned to using megaphones and amplifiers to bombard pedestrians...
Upon arriving, the 40-person antiwar group clashed with an equally passionate throng of 15 Solomon Amendment supporters...
...Doing as much as Modest Mouse and others to blur the lines between what is respectably indie and guiltily radio-friendly, Daniel and company are helping to usher in a new era that will hopefully win back the radio from cookie cutter hip hop. Maybe the artfully unkempt throng of Spoonophiles is on to something; no one can deny creativity this infectiously accessible forever. —Staff writer Henry M. Cowles can be reached at hmcowles@fas.harvard.edu...
...according to polls we’ve conducted, most people feel good about the way the city is run.”Tiara Quinn, one of Decker’s god-daughters and a veteran campaigner of 10 years, wields a roll of stickers for distribution among the Saturday throng.“My mom calls me the mayor-in-waiting,” Quinn announces proudly. —Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu.BRIAN P. MURPHY ’86-’87: 25 Doors, 55 MinutesMurphy campaigns door-to-door in Porter...
...nation's most hurricane-prone state, has one of the most tangled and antiquated feeder-line systems to repair. "This is the greatest country, but I'm heartbroken," said Zhanna Turetskaya, a Coral Springs gas station manager who came here from Belarus seven years ago, as she scanned a throng of angry customers wanting to pump the 10,000 gallons she had ready for them. "We're spoiled here, but now when it comes to the things we really need we can't get it done." Gas-powered electric generator use was massive in South Florida; five deaths resulted from...