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...wake of “Black Friday,” traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year in the United States, stores in Harvard Square expressed modest confidence in their sales this weekend, despite the absence of students over Thanksgiving break. While none witnessed the overnight lines or shopfloor brawls seen elsewhere in the country, many local businesses said yesterday they expected to equal or improve upon their performances last year. And the varying successes of Harvard Square businesses point to trends in consumption and tourism in Cambridge over the holiday weekend, with growth more pronounced...
WHAT WAS YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAM? That I would wake up black. I was teased because of my [light] complexion. Of course, that was an impossible dream...
...What will be the lessons of Harbin? In the wake of SARS, China's leaders have become increasingly adept at operating in the harsh spotlight of the international community. After acknowledging some missteps and perhaps removing some culpable officials, they will likely point to the Harbin incident as further evidence of their newfound willingness to deal openly with challenges such as avian flu. Unfortunately, it is unlikely Beijing will recognize the Harbin disaster for what it really is: a wake-up call signaling that without real reform, they risk hundreds of millions of desperately ill citizens, greater social unrest...
...wake of unprecedented political turmoil and facing further criticism about the war in Iraq, gaps in the President’s commitment to uphold U.S. values in the War on Terror are clear. The recent success of Senator John McCain’s, R-Ariz., anti-torture legislation indirectly questioned the administration’s commitment to upholding human rights; the amendment received an overwhelming 90-9 victory in the Senate. But Vice President Dick Cheney threatened to veto the legislation unless altered to exempt the CIA from the amendment, suggesting the measure not be applied to counter-terrorism operations...
...Murphy strolled across the field toward Siedlecki, his longtime friend. Though he was doubtless pleased with the victory, he couldn’t help but think of the immense pressure that Siedlecki was under from dissatisfied Yale alums. Murphy knew that those cries would only grow in the wake of the most recent bitter Bulldog defeat, admitting afterward that “there [was] no way Yale deserved to lose this game...