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Eliot HoCo Co-Chairs Louis K. Kang ’09 and Alejandro Gac-Artigas ’09 said that Eliot HoCo was not affiliated with the thefts. But Gac-Artigas added that “a criminal in Eliot can be said to be better than a law-abiding student in Adams...
...Home to some 40 million mostly poor people, Central America is an enormous market for inexpensive clothing. Nicaraguan entrepreneurs often travel to Miami to buy used clothing in bulk, and ship it back home to sell for a hefty profit. According to an investigation by Nicaraguan economist Alejandro Arauz, most such apparel is imported into Nicaragua as "donations" to skirt commercial taxes, then resold for a 200 percent profit. To further cut costs, the used clothing purchased in the U.S. is bottom-of-the-barrel stuff, the garments picked over and left behind at Goodwill and then sold...
...unemployed 52-year-old who won the content, had said he wrote the words "for the nation of average people who take the subway to work and pay their mortgages." But even subway riders and mortgage payers, it seems, are critics. Announcing the recall, Spanish Olympic Committee president Alejandro Blanco explained that "the lyrics just didn't have broad support among Spanish society." A disappointed Cubero was more pointed. "These are the miseries of our nation," he said. "We can only talk about different nations, not a shared...
...back of the net. The goal also extended Akpan’s scoring streak to nine straight games. The Crimson held the lead until the forty-third minute of the first half when Harvard fouled in the penalty box, and Holy Cross was awarded a penalty shot. Crusaders junior Alejandro Melean scored the penalty shot on goalie and senior co-captain Adam Hahn. Holy Cross managed to shut the Crimson down for the rest of the game. The Crusaders implemented a safe sit-back defense. The Crusader strikers did not put pressure on the four Harvard defenseman, which allowed Crimson...
...always glorious, but it has a singular sting for Spanish athletes who stand up to receive their gold medals and championship trophies: their national anthem has no lyrics. "For years we've been hearing from athletes that they feel a little lame up there on the podium," says Alejandro Blanco, president of Spain's Olympics Committee. "All they can do is sing along with 'la la la.'" In an attempt to rectify the situation, the Committee, working with the Society of Authors and Writers, has opened a contest to put words to the Spanish national anthem. The winning entry will...