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...Dartmouth,” said Hodes, showing pride in his alma mater. Ricky M. Hanzich ’11 also took the stage to speak about the Joey Hanzich Memorial Travel and Research Fund, which will provide money to juniors and seniors pursuing summer internships in an area of global or public health. Ricky’s brother, former Vice President of the Harvard College Democrats Joseph M. Hanzich ’06 died of a sudden heart attack last September. A graduate of Boston College Law School, Hodes worked for David H. Souter...
...parking about 100 tractors in the center of the region beneath a banner reading, "The fields of Tarragona don't have a drop to spare." Even the farmers to the north of the city are suffering from the city's all-consuming thirst. "Already, some farmers in the Ter area are prohibited from irrigating because the water is needed for Barcelona," says Peasants' Union spokesman Felip Domenech. "This diversion could cause entire harvests to fail...
...When Tyra judges the ladies standing before her, she is looking for great photos, confidence and charisma that will come across in CoverGirl commercials, and a model persona. The girls who are the strongest in one area inevitably seem to get kicked off before the finale if they are lacking in others. Lauren, for example, was dismissed after floundering in a commercial—a surprise exit that sent the most photogenic girl (and perhaps the only true potential editorial model) home...
...What you need to win Top Model isn’t extreme talent in one area, but adequate strength in all dimensions. And that’s why the finales always come with some level of disappointment, since all the extraordinary girls seem to have already been sent home...
There are tens of thousands more in need in even more remote parts of the district, but the few foreign agencies in town are struggling to help them. "We don't have the means," says Sosa Calo. "To reach affected areas we have to use the river. And most of the boats in the area were destroyed by the cyclone." One area in Laputta district called Pyin Sa Lu was hit badly by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which destroyed houses and almost certainly lives (the junta released no data), then struck again by Cyclone Nargis. This time, more than...