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...results told a revealing tale. Aboard the Titanic, children under 16 years old were nearly 31% likelier than the reference group to have survived, but those on the Lusitania were 0.7% less likely. Males ages 16 to 35 on the Titanic had a 6.5% poorer survival rate than the reference group but did 7.9% better on the Lusitania. For females in the 16-to-35 group, the gap was more dramatic: those on the Titanic enjoyed a whopping 48.3% edge; on the Lusitania it was a smaller but still significant 10.4%. The most striking survival disparity - no surprise, given...
...Authenticity ultimately lay in the story you could tell, a tale most effective when it was at once fanciful and mundane,” Lee writes. The author manages just this: he manipulates a realism tinged with bouts of fantasy, a world where grime and dirt hug the guts and souls of individuals who would otherwise appear beautifully intact. Hector’s bruises heal within the span of a day, but the wounds beneath lie rank, sore to the touch of Sylvie’s ghost, who—preserved in his nightmares—veils her own ruin...
Last Friday night, it was another tale of two halves—a sloppy start followed by a solid second half—for Harvard (17-7, 7-2 Ivy), as it left Pizzatola Sports Center with a 65-54 win against host Brown (7-18, 4-7). The victory gave the Crimson its sixth-straight victory, and its seven wins in the Ivy League is second only behind Princeton...
...scheduled at Catedral Metropolitana, but the congregation was, a participant guessed, perhaps one-fifth the number of those originally invited; the rest preferred to stay home. Meanwhile, families gathered nearby in parks, but not for leisure - many were simply too scared to remain indoors. (Read "Chile and Haiti: A Tale of Two Earthquakes...
It’s unclear why this silent little girl’s grandmother insists on projecting her insecurities about aging onto the story of Sleeping Beauty. As the clearly delusional old lady with a Marge-like nest of towering hair recalls the tale, a 2-D rendition of the story unfolds, contrasting the world of fairies with the more 3D environment of the girl and her grandma. The short ends the old lady creepily saying, “I’ll see you in the morning—with the help of God.” It?...