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However, the predictable plot and obvious ending—he lives to write the book—give Crawford the freedom to focus on his experiences in the army. He writes in short, fast-paced episodes, vivid snapshots of daily life as a soldier in Baghdad...
...aftermath of Hurricane Katrina reinforces in vivid terms the impact of public policy on all of our lives. As students from across the college struggle to cope with the enormity of this tragedy, it is vital that we challenge each other to demand more of our government and more of ourselves. While the majority of college students believe that politics is relevant in their lives, far too few want to engage directly in politics and government...
...with blood. On the right, a group of men squat on the floor in a row, holding a four-meter reticulated python. Even in the dim light of the slaughtering shed, the crisscross pattern of green, yellow, henna and black stripes that gave the snake its name glows with vivid life. The men flip the wriggling creature over, exposing its white underbelly. With practiced ease the python is slit open and gutted, then flung into a corner amidst the hoses and plastic buckets full of blood to await skinning, its vibrant colors already fading...
...this summer's Live 8 concert. For any other young performer, an appearance at a blockbuster like Live 8 would be a high point. In Jal's case, it's one of the least dramatic events in his life so far. A child of war, Jal has painfully vivid memories of his earliest years. Yet certain details, like when he was born, got lost on the way. "Normally, I give the date of Jan. 1, 1980. But ask 50,000 child soldiers and they will all tell you Jan. 1," Jal says with a chuckle and a flap...
...Baroque class, I am entirely out of place in a sea of pastels and high ponytails. The population is almost exclusively female and everyone seems to have carefully preened for the Caravaggio slides. This leads to vivid freshman year recollections of a lecture by Stanley Cavell in which my inadequacy of style was all too obvious. The room was full of a kind of person I had never known before at Harvard: a bunch of 19-year-olds looking more fiercely European than any European ever could...