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...clearly this season’s color of choice, but the normally cheery hue takes on gruesome overtones in this ill-conceived ad. The poster’s central image of a black Jewish star on a solid yellow background cannot help but evoke memories of the dreaded armbands worn by Jews in Nazi-era Europe. Such associations must surely have been unintended by the “Harvard Students for Israel,” but the comp ad’s blazing slogan gives the thoughtful viewer pause. Did the Zionist organization mean to make light of the conflict...
...We’ve been through a few hard weeks of training, so all our bodies are pretty worn down right now,” Traugott said. “To perform like that is really encouraging...
...found that 52% of current undergraduates use a credit card. Credit companies looking for future big spenders have been attracting the other 48% with cool new designs, including transparent cards, a glow-in-the-dark card (already recalled) and the new kidney-shaped Discover 2GO card that can be worn on a key chain. "Teens today want to customize their credit cards as they do their cell phones," says Michael Wood, vice president of Teenage Research Unlimited. But the most stylish cards aren't necessarily the best deals. A student card should offer a rate from 10% to 18%, even...
...just a local bar act, and they relished any opportunity to see him live. It was only fitting that his should be Hilary's first rock concert. Hilary and Ginny were seated in the 9/11 section, and it was clear that the women with puffy eyes hadn't worn all black simply to be fashionable. The widows had come to a wake, and the minute the music started, they were bawling. But Ginny was determined to have a good time on their first night out in months. She sang all the words and pulled Hilary up out of her seat...
...strike a deal. Zahner, who doesn't speak Korean, would show up early for negotiating sessions so he could smoke with the unionists and try to communicate with hand gestures. Kang In Hee, secretary-general of the union, reciprocated. At one meeting, Zahner asked about the red bandannas worn by all labor activists in Korea. Knowing Zahner's interest in the bandannas, Kang brought an extra one, and presented it to him as a gift. Zahner saw that moment as a breakthrough in the talks. He says the bandanna will be "a treasure that I'll keep the whole time...