Word: wakefulness
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...sunny Friday morning two summers ago, Daniel Vasella got quite a wake-up call. Outside his lakefront home near Zug, Switzerland, gigantic speakers blasted Wagner's Gotterdammerung loud enough to rattle the windows. From across the lake, several boats carrying protesters converged on his house. A helicopter delivered a barrel marked with a skull and crossbones to one of the boats. Baffled, Vasella watched as the barrel was ferried to shore and plunked on his lawn...
...going to be well prepared.”The Wolverines boast an impressive number of NBA star alumni, including Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, and Juwan Howard of the famous “Fab Five.” Michigan has failed to enjoy similar success in recent years in the wake of booster scandals and NCAA sanctions, but the history of the program makes the game a must-see for Crimson fans. “The greatest thing is that it’s a Big Ten [school] coming into our house,” junior forward Evan Harris says...
...wake of recent murders and shootings in areas like Dorchester and Roxbury, the BSA penned an open letter to the Governor, criticizing him for failing to adequately address the violence. At the end of October, at a press conference at the site of one of the recent shootings, the BSA continued to insist that the governor prioritize bringing an end to the violence. Last Friday, Patrick finally met a group of Harvard students and community leaders, including BSA leaders, promising to develop a comprehensive plan to reduce crime rates, increase job opportunities for at-risk youths, and increase staffing...
...Married, most of Coppola's studio pictures during this time left the director and his fans unfulfilled. In 1986 Coppola's 22-year-old son Gian-Carlo died in a boating accident. "When you lose your kid, it's the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning for about seven or eight years. Then there's the first morning when that's not the first thing you think of. You get brave," he says. His other two children, Sofia and Roman, are in the business, although the Oscar-winning Sofia is currently focused mainly...
...only drug set to benefit from a paddo ban. Some experts predict that San Pedro, a cactus of the Andes, could fill some of the hallucinogenic void in the wake of the mushroom ban. And a range of other flora remains off the radar, and thus not prohibited, according to Bos. "There are so many blossoms or cacti that can be tried," he says. "We can't even scientifically say if these products cause a hallucinogenic effect, let alone what the health risks...