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...Despite sometimes losing his work to whitewash or a power hose, Banksy's career seems to be continuing on its upward trajectory. His latest work is an installation called "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill," a commentary on the human-animal relationship that features walking chicken nuggets, swimming fish sticks and hot dogs that slither like snakes. It has been captivating the New York City art scene this month and closes Oct. 31. Although he works undercover, it doesn't look like Banksy can escape the spotlight...
...Obama, frustrated with the false rumors being spread about his background and religious history, created a website in June called Fight The Smears to debunk them. But taking matters into one's own hands can be fraught. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales was notoriously outed in 2005 for attempting to whitewash his own entry on the site (Wiki contributors noted that he deleted references to his Wikipedia co-founder, Larry Sanger, as well as to a search site he founded that included adult content). Now a monitoring program called WikiWatcher aims to unmask similar transgressions on other Wiki entries - such...
Peiros doesn't whitewash such public scrutiny, but he believes if the market wants green, there's no reason a trusted brand like Clorox can't provide it. "We're doing something that we think is the right thing for the business and society, and we'd love to be doing more of it over time," he says. "But we don't pretend we've converted ourselves." To up Clorox's eco-cred, the products will carry the logo of the Sierra Club (in return for a portion of sales). And to up its distribution, Clorox got Wal-Mart Stores...
...class recruits, I expect we will be a championship-caliber team next year.” HARVARD 9, DARTMOUTH 0 The Crimson turned in its most dominating performance of the season in Sunday’s fifth-place game, defeating Dartmouth, 9-0, to record its second 9-0 whitewash in as many days. The match was no contest from its outset. Only one player, sophomore No. 3 Katherine O’Donnell, needed four sets to secure the win, while the other eight matches were all decided in straight sets, 3-0. With the wins, freshman No. 2 Alisha...
...PENN 5, HARVARD 4Deadlocked at three matches apiece heading into the deciding three matches, the Crimson was only able to muster one victory, falling to the No. 1 Quakers, 5-4, Saturday afternoon.Despite the loss, the showing was a stark improvement over the 9-0 whitewash that Harvard suffered at the hands of the Penn during a pre-season fall matchup.“We were unable to capitalize on their mistakes,” Balsekar said. “But I’m very proud of how the team performed. We took many lessons away from the match...