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...there will also be two other bands performing at the pub that night—Bishop Allen and a Harvard student band, The Sinister Turns. Mates of State is a Connecticut-based husband-wife duo whose music is marked by “quirky, rhythmic music and their male/female vocal harmony,” according to the press release. The group spent last summer touring with Spoon and Death Cab for Cutie. “I’ve been dropping the name for a couple days now, and either people haven’t heard of them or they?...
...center protesting the sexism of the Imus remarks? And where have they been all these years as the gangsta rappers have labeled women "hos," enabling that derogatory word to become commonplace? In the good ole days of feminism, Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan would have been as visible and vocal as Jackson and Sharpton. In the current storm, sexism has taken second place to racism. Jean M. Alberti, Lombard, Illinois...
...Faust came to the helm of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in January of 2001, just as the school attempted to reshape the remnants of a women’s college into a thriving think tank. At the time, the school faced a budget shortfall and vocal contingent of alumni dissatisfied with the process of merging with Harvard. By mastering a staff cut-back that reduced the workforce by 25 percent and reaching out to graduates, Faust managed to heal many of the institute’s wounds, at worst, garnering a nickname that likens her to a fictional...
...state that is the nation's undisputed death penalty leader, Texas, you might think there is no such thing as a punishment considered too harsh. But as legislators there consider joining the small but growing number of states making certain convicted pedophiles eligible for the death penalty, a surprisingly vocal group of critics has emerged, arguing that the measure is shortsighted, counterproductive and probably unconstitutional...
...been warned - by no less a Liverpool soccer legend than Alan Hansen - about Anfield. "You are in for a night," he told me before Liverpool's home leg European Champions League semi-final clash with Chelsea on Tuesday, hinting at the intimidating cauldron created by the vocal passion of the home crowd. Perhaps someone should have told Arjen Robben: As Chelsea's wide man stepped up to take the first penalty kick of the shootout - after two games and extra time left the score at 1-1 - Anfield stadium was nearly lifted off its moorings by the roar pouring from...