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...Church leaders, whose humanitarian efforts were boosted by donations from around the country, are now running low on funds and supplies. "I just wish they would help these immigrants so they could work here easily," says Dona Peck, 67, a local volunteer who was helping people stock up last week. "They're needed. A lot of them are just nice family people...
...wake of the meltdown of the stock market in Moscow this month, there are quite a few Russians who probably wish they had heeded that sort of advice. For after partying through several years of heady growth, much of it financed by borrowing from abroad, the nation's scrappy banking system and its underdeveloped financial markets are suddenly losing much of what they have won in the past couple of years - and more...
...scene could have asked for no better boost than the arrival of Jin Au-Yeung. The 26-year-old Chinese-American rapper relocated to Hong Kong from New York City this summer in a move either born of frustration at a flagging Stateside career or of a wish to connect more strongly with his roots (his parents are from Hong Kong) - or both...
...wish the world were a different place. I’d like to go on vacation, go and romp and play—just, do that. But I can’t, because I’m busy, preening my CV or illustrating my libretto. And it’s all for you, Fitz. Give me something to work with here, something substantial—none of this “well-rounded” hogwash. Something as knowable and measurable as the $20 bill taped to the inside of this envelope...
...freshman advising system at Harvard has come a long way. Freshmen today have an academic advisor to help with course selection, a proctor to mediate roommate squabbles, and a peer advising fellow to mentor them in undergraduate life. But most upperclassmen would agree that there are certain things they wish someone had told them their freshman year: How to navigate through the new, exciting, and confusing world of college hook-ups. So freshmen, before you get your panties in a twist, or lose them altogether, take a look at FM’s guide for avoiding awkward sexual encounters...