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...group recently traveled to the Canadian-American club in Watertown for a night of Boston Urban Ceilidh (KAY-lee). This style of Gaelic music and dance is a mixture of the modern and the traditional. Juxtaposing bagpipes and fiddles with electric guitars, the rock-influenced music places an emphasis on traditional tunes that are easy to dance to. In much the same way, the Harvard Celtic Club blends traditional folklore with modern interpretation, making an especially rich milieu of Gaelic history and culture accessible for everyone in the Harvard community...

Author: By Mary A. Brazelton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Club Celebrates Celtic Culture | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...want to really strengthen the interactions with our community partners,” said Natsui, who has held PBHA office before and has directed the group’s Summer Urban Program, “everyone from the participants in our programs to our adult ESL students to children’s parents, as well as community organization leaders and other activists...

Author: By Faryl Ury, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Natsui, Ridge To Take Reins At PBHA Next Year | 11/18/2004 | See Source »

...Bradstreet, the brighter side of the war lies in the community-based civilian projects and urban patrolling his division did in conjunction with the Iraqi Security Forces. Working on security and stability operations, Bradstreet and his fellow marines are attempting to better the circumstances in the local Iraqi community...

Author: By Katherine Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Duty, Duress for Graduates in Uniform | 11/17/2004 | See Source »

...lawyer and longtime Republican operative, Martinez was named Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Bush, and he quickly became the Administration's preferred candidate to run for the Florida seat. With the White House and the national Republican organization--not to mention Florida Governor Jeb Bush--in his corner, Martinez might have run a vigorous but dignified race. Instead, his campaign slung mud early, labeling his primary opponent a tool of the "radical homosexual lobby" (the St. Petersburg Times withdrew its endorsement of Martinez in disgust) and calling the federal agents who seized Cuban refugee Elin Gonz?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2004 Election: New Faces | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...thought it would be great to do a toile that showed scenes of now--what people are doing in an urban environment, what they look like--but to do it as beautifully as possible," says Paul Simmons, 37, one of Timorous Beasties' designers. From afar, Glasgow Toile is a lovely wash of red on white. But step closer and it's not so pretty. In one scene, a junkie uses drugs in a graveyard--"the moral tale being if you shoot up, you will literally end up in a graveyard," says Simmons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style: Toile Gets A Makeover | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

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