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...power and allure of the space program, it seems to me, come from its connection with that giddy sense of the unknown. When we explore the universe, we explore ourselves. We seek the source of the cosmic-ray winds that mutate our genes and the comet showers that may periodically extinguish species; we seek the name of that star whose dust is under our fingernails. There is plenty of science in the space program, but the space program is not science; there is technological fallout, but it's not about technology. It's about, or should be about, consciousness...
...questions will remain until the Crimson can reel off some victories. A winning streak will put the Crimson back on Route NCAA. A couple more losses and Harvard will be walking on a quiet road, destination unknown...
...repressive dictatorship. In Haiti a cadre of sergeants took over the government from a cadre of generals who had themselves seized power from an inexperienced civilian government just months earlier. But the mutineers from the lower ranks at least called for democracy, a state of being unknown to Haitians for almost their entire history since they became independent from France...
...movie leaps from one character to another, weaving innumerable surreal symbols among them, as Waits struggles to decide whether the intensity and innocence of the unknown are lost or perverted in the star. The huckster squalls piano-bar ballads--I'm gonna hit the top, take New York, and hey don't ya love my band--Waits drives out his songs, pistol ricochets dubbed over the cracking of his boot heels, and Frank spins out his dreams...
Graham's supporters like to think of her as a champion of the underdog, and consider her a leader in the Legislature on crucial issues. They make an effective case that the politically unknown Thompson--a truant officer with the Cambridge School Department--would be far less influential as a legislator because of his pro-landlord position on rent control. As one Graham campaign aide put it, "losing Saundra Graham would be a tragedy for Cambridge...