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...Ruthven’s half-brother, Dick Dauntless. The story unfolds—against a backdrop of portraits coming to life, professional bridesmaids plotting to marry off villagers for financial gain, and general magical merriment—with Sir Ruthven trying desperately to flout his curse, avenge himself upon the backstabbing Dick, and win back his lady.It is a classic story that appeals to the faithful fan base the G&S Players have built in the Cambridge-Boston area. Often, their shows—especially bigger ones such as last fall’s “Pirates of Penzance...
Chaos and violence descended upon Haiti in fall 1991, when a military coup toppled the fledgling elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide supporters fled the island to escape persecution by the new regime. A pregnant Pascal was beaten—leading to a miscarriage—and burned with cigarettes before she decided to leave her husband, two children, and mother behind in search of safety. Sailing northward on dangerous makeshift rafts, refugees were rounded up by the U.S. Coast Guard...
...graduate of Yale Law, explains each of the procedures in layman’s terms, and he avoids getting bogged down in the technicalities of the process. Instead, he infuses the narrative with dialogue and glimpses into the minds of the lawyers and students. These insights are built upon interviews with nearly all of the key participants—Goldstein notes that he formally sat down with Koh 27 times and Pascal 34 times. The character-centered thrust of the book and the easy language makes the complex story accessible to everyone...
...many students have a perception that the city of Cambridge does make it hard for Square restaurateurs to stay open late.“The Square needs to change the rules on how late you can be open,” says Conor S. Tochilin ’06 upon leaving Felipe’s as it closed on a recent weekday. “Cambridge is the one with the rules that need to change.”Other students focus on the fact that—no matter what the reason—restaurant hours are incompatible with...
...reply. That apparently put him in a quandary. "On the one hand, people have the right to know. The responsibility of government is to be open and transparent," he said. "On the other hand, investment in Heilongjiang province is at a critical moment. The travel season is nearly upon us, especially the ice festival." Harbin's annual ice festival draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to view massive sculptures carved from blocks of ice taken from the Songhua...