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Along with frequent-flyer miles and a passport packed with colorful stamps, almost every experienced globetrotter has at least one great story about a one-night stand in a foreign land. Which isn't surprising. Traveling is so romantic in nature - moonlight over unfamiliar cityscapes, trains rumbling through thousand-year-old crumbling vistas - it would seem a shame not to share it with someone. And practically speaking, of course, hooking up with a winsome local means you've got an insider's guide to the best restaurants and someone to help you work off the calories with later...
Still, this very unfamiliarity can sometimes produce a particular kind of thrill. One evening at the Forbidden City Concert Hall this month, American pianist Murray Perahia was performing a selection of classical compositions. He held the audience fast as he moved from Beethoven to Mozart to Bach, but he truly blew the doors off the place when he reached his Chopin. As he left the stage after his last listed piece, some of the audience members - unfamiliar with the tradition of the encore - left the hall. Perahia returned to play some more, and the remaining audience not only applauded...
...Canadian dollar and the tax credits were enough to lure many Hollywood films out of the country altogether. An ensuing uproar within the American film community sparked a move to entice these “runaway productions” to remain in the lower 48, and many states formerly unfamiliar with film production found their way into the industry. Currently, approximately 80% of American states provide some benefit—ranging from sales tax exemptions to tax credits—to films that shoot within their borders...
...Reeves said, referring to an area of Boston that in the 1960s and ’70s was known for being dangerous and full of adult entertainment venues. “People need somewhere else to go, and that cannot be Central Square.” Reeves described seeing unfamiliar people pushing shopping carts full of blankets around Central Square recently and congregating around city benches for hours at a time. He also recounted reports of illegal behavior, specifically from store owners who have told him there is prostitution in the area. In April, the city announced that...
...that former UC member Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08 as one of the program’s earliest advocates. At a Committee on College Life meeting last year, Gillis said that current e-mail addresses are confusing to those outside Harvard, especially employers unfamiliar with the “FAS” acronym. And Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd called the current restrictions on usernames—which often add numbers to the end of addresses with common names—“dehumanizing.” Sundquist said that...