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...need to be improved. Listening to students needs to be a continuous process, not an occasional public relations exercise. To be fair, Executive Chef of Residential Dining Martin Breslin seems to agree, and has described improving food as “an evolving process.” In that vein, Breslin should respond as soon as possible to students’ concerns that the range of offerings at breakfast is substandard, and that the changes have meant that students in a rush are forced to grab unhealthy pastries instead of a decent range of fresh fruit...
...different vein altogether, San Diego State University Professor of Poetry Marilyn Chin said she is looking forward to using the resources of Harvard’s Yenching Library as she works “trying to meld the two different types of love poems and...bridging East and West and developing a comprehensive aesthetic...
...this vein, Summers encouraged a deeper understanding of the sciences, echoing a theme that has recurred throughout his presidency...
...That supernova could be Superman Is Dead, which sings in English and has crafted its image in the vein of Green Day and Blink 182. The sound is less poppy but the gear is the same: requisite chain hanging from the wallet, roomy pants that occasionally slip down below the belt, and old-school Vans. Seringai has carved its own niche out of a sound pioneered by the Deftones and Queens of the Stone Age. The quartet has already generated significant buzz in the critical cities of Jakarta and Bandung before even releasing an album...
...problem. Young men in uniform, eager to get home, dismissive or just plain ignorant of local customs and unable to express themselves with anything more than a vein-popping scream and a brandished machine gun. "You are f_____g around. Just f___ off!" a soldier yelled at an Iraqi who was trying to visit the regional governor's residence in Kirkuk last week. (Every Iraqi, sadly, already knows the F word.) "The American soldier is, please excuse the word, very high-handed," says Abu Mousa, a veteran Iraqi journalist. Much more worrisome: some Iraqis believe the U.S. troops are light...