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...Nall, a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, leans in toward the speaker and listens for hints of words among the crackling static. He adjusts the 20-foot antennae atop the clubhouse of W1AF, home of the Harvard Wireless Club...
...August 1991. While Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was summering in the Crimea, dark forces opposed to Gorbachev and his stop-start reforms tried to stage a coup. Yeltsin's political instincts were still sharp, and he raced to the scene, outside Russia's White House. He climbed atop a tank and urged defiance. The putsch failed. Gorby returned to Moscow, but when he declared his unshaken faith in the Soviet state, Russia was Yeltsin's. By Christmas, the U.S.S.R. was done. An era of change had begun...
...free agency do not bring good news, the tight end could find himself, like his teammate, in one of the many other football leagues. Although the option is obviously less appealing, he will not pass up the opportunity to continue his football career in any capacity. NFL Europe sits atop his list of potential employment.FANTASTIC FOURThere has been less speculation about the other four draft hopefuls, although each has spent the last months in intense preparation after deciding to make the push to go pro.“We all have our agents, they’re all doing their...
...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...
...Residents of la butte (the hill) are fiercely proud of their village perched atop the city's highest peak. Even to the streams of tourists that climb its winding streets towards the Sacr? Coeur basilica, Montmartre's unique atmosphere is immediately apparent. Locals greet each other with the casual familiarity of a provincial town rather than a heaving metropolis. "I never write that I live in Paris when I'm signing a cheque, always Montmartre," says gallery owner Joseph Siracusa. "It's two different places entirely...