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...bicycle and on foot that has spanned 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. In a country where ethnic fault lines are steeped in bloodshed, Bashardost is trying to bridge the divide by appealing to common grievances such as corruption, insecurity and a lack of basic services. His trademark black vest features an embroidered white dove of peace. But he talks tough about President Hamid Karzai and self-serving warlords he says have betrayed the Afghan public through their criminal dealings, and, in doing so, given the Taliban a "second chance." (See pictures of a U.S. Marine offensive in Afghanistan...
...softening also leads smartly into Paul's solo. He feeds out of Ford's vocal with a wah-guitar wail that seems to hunch the shoulders of a note, then relax into some fleet picking in Paul's trademark bubbly style as if he's somehow playing underwater and the notes have quickly risen to the surface to pop in the clear air. That's the first chorus. The second features a lot of the power chords that later rock guitarists would borrow. It climaxes in an ascending "aaaah" from the Ford voices that transports us into the third instrumental...
...Harvard licenses its various trademarks to many clothing manufacturers, such as the Harvard Co-op. The University maintains over 100 domestic and international licensees, wrote University spokesman John Longbrake in an e-mail. "This type of licensing project is actually nothing new for Harvard, since the University has always licensed a wide range of apparel products worldwide, including high end items," Longbrake wrote. The Harvard Trademark Program's website states, "Typically, the University licenses select goods such as apparel, novelty items, and stationery products and other 'traditional' licensed items...
...Harvard licensing income beyond the costs of trademark protection and licensing goes to fund undergraduate financial aid, and profits from the "Harvard Yard" line will be no different. Harvard Trademark Program director Rick Calixto told the Boston Globe that Harvard makes over $1 million in royalties by licensing trademarks to entities like bookstores and mall kiosks. Longbrake wrote in an e-mail that about $500,000 a year from Harvard's licensing revenue funds undergraduate financial...
...Peter Bebergal, associate officer for use of name and trademark at MIT, said he believes the practice of earmarking licensing royalties for financial aid is commonplace among schools, including his own, which he said uses the proceeds for financial...