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...Emma M. Lind ’09 is a history and literature concentrator living in Winthrop House who prefers web traffic to real traffic. On alternate Fridays, “The New Provincialism” will study domestic and turn the lens on our country’s real provincials: those who think they’ve got it all wrapped up and figured...
...Alexandra A. Petri ’10 is a joint concentrator in English and the classics in Eliot House. She hopes that her alternate Friday column, “Petri Dishes,” will continue to resemble a real petri dish by allowing her to turn a distinctive lens onto university cultures. Also by containing a strange green fungal growth in one corner...
...Maybe not, but what matters most to White House reporters is that Gibbs has the President's ear and can get to the Commander in Chief when an answer is needed. Though Gibbs' aides speak of him affectionately as a "silent killer" whose mood can turn from warm to ice-cold when his boss's motives are challenged, they add that he has been consciously trying to shift into a more press-friendly role at the White House, a move symbolized by his often open office door. "He's always been good with the stick," Axelrod jokes about Gibbs...
...making Britons of Goody's class feel out of place. At the end of her life, though, Goody, bald and frail, has most definitely arrived. Shetty confided in her blog that a "shoot in Kuala Lampur" (sic) prevents her attendance at the ceremony, but homegrown celebrities are expected to turn out in force to honor Goody, including the megasuccessful pop group Girls Aloud, originally brought together by a TV talent show...
However, with Pakistan's security situation growing increasingly volatile and economic conditions turning dire, there may be a turn in tide between these once intimate friends. "The situation is much different now than once upon a time," says William Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University. "India has emerged as a much more powerful force in the region and Pakistan has not succeeded in the way that hopeful and loyal supporters had once imagined. It is now one of the great security risks in the region...