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...made dinner for ourselves that night. She made angel-hair pasta and salad with homemade croutons. I made stir-fried beef with rice. On impulse, I threw in some of her sun-dried tomatoes into the pan with the beef and red peppers. We laughed, and it was surprisingly good—worth an appearance on Top Chef...

Author: By Jennifer 8. Lee | Title: About Alison | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...found that most [students], by about two to three weeks into it, went stir crazy and wanted to come back and do things on campus,” says Adams House Master John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67, based on his interactions with students...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The January Experiment | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...some Harvard students, the appearance of the petition in the spring of 1960 barely caused a stir...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students and Faculty Fight Nuclear Tests | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

There are many reasons for this disparity in participation. Some say it is due to the lack of a unifying cause. Asians are largely a hardworking group of people, stereotypically focused on economic gain and stability, and are unlikely to stir trouble even when discrimination is taking place. There is no identifiably “Asian” issue to advocate, and even if there were, Asians are unlikely to think it important enough to leverage resources on it. This political complacency could also be explained by the fact that Asians have been traditionally denied the right to participate rigorously...

Author: By Marion Liu | Title: EXPOsing China | 4/28/2010 | See Source »

...office. The Hatoyamas are the bluest of bluebloods, with a long history in politics and big business. (His father served as Foreign Minister, while his mother's family founded tire giant Bridgestone.) The most unusual thing about him may be his wife Miyuki, who created an international stir by revealing she believed her soul was abducted by aliens and taken to Venus. Ironically, however, it is Hatoyama himself who is widely known as "the alien," the genesis of which has been credited to his often cryptic turns of phrase that leave Japanese guessing about his true opinions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Change in Tokyo: Hatoyama's Bid for Respect | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

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