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...Regent's parks, lasted just over an hour. It demonstrated again the soothing, cathartic power of ritual, the way in which ceremony can provide a shared context for personal grief. There were two dramatic diversions from the normal order of things. First, Elton John sang Candle in the Wind, a song he had originally written to celebrate Marilyn Monroe, with the lyrics revised to honor his friend Diana. A number of people had questioned the propriety of a rock star's performing in Westminster Abbey. But when John, accompanying himself on the piano, began singing the words "Goodbye, England...
...ABOVE GOALS CAN BE achieved--and there's no guarantee that they can--what will Iraq look like? In the short run, it could wind up resembling the Administration's other exercise in nation building, Afghanistan: lawless and plagued by jihadist insurgents, with a weak central government dependent on U.S. protection for survival. Optimistic U.S. and Iraqi officials hope that over the course of years the country will evolve into an Arab version of Pakistan, a fractious quasi-democracy held together by a strongman but reasonably able to defend itself. Few Americans had such an outcome in mind when...
...blustery afternoon at O’Donnell Field, Harvard took the wind out of Columbia’s sails by jumping out to insurmountable early leads and cruising to victory in both halves of an Ivy League doubleheader.One day after a bitter split with Penn, the Crimson (12-10-1, 7-1 Ivy), relying on stingy starting pitching and early-inning offensive explosions, easily tamed the Lions (7-23, 4-8) en route to wins by 13-5 and 8-1 finals. Seniors Javier Castellanos and Matt Brunnig both turned in strong outings from the hill and the Harvard hitters...
...strong race given the conditions and where we are in the season,” Martin said. “We were able to go out there and give everything we have so far.” Conditions likely will be more favorable for the Sprints. A strong head wind and downpours stymied the team’s efforts to come from behind on Saturday. “There was a little bit of a head wind, and pouring-down rain,” said Martin. “But it affects both equally; however, when you?...
...fall asleep. Everyone in the cast wore red boas (to go with the theme). Afterwards, my friend invited me to an after-party featuring a band that was “slammin’.” When I arrived, the band (which was approximately the size of Earth Wind and Fire) was playing a Fiona Apple song. People were guzzling apricot-flavored beer, doing the robot lustily, and singing all of the words to Ms. Apple’s ditty, while their extremely long Jesus-was-a-carpenter curls floated in the breeze. I picked at least four knit...