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...range of distant mountains on the left, telephone wires on the right, a barren pocked road disappearing into the horizon: We are “approaching nowhere.” The cover establishes the melancholy mood prevalent in the collection of 20 years of photographer Jeff Brouws’s work.At first glance, “Approaching Nowhere” appeals to the average over-worked Harvard student’s escapist fantasies. Full-page photographs of empty highways ending in mist and deserted rest areas blend in with the barren landscape: you can almost feel the wind whistling...
Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Kindle, his company’s newest take on one of the biggest futuristic technologies that never took off—the electronic book. Though a massive PR blitz has helped get the white, plasticky device backordered through the holidays, Kindle is unlikely to be the next sensation Bezos hopes it will be. As bloggers have been quick to point out, Kindle has many problems that must be addressed before it becomes a permanent fixture at Starbucks nationwide...
...high school teachers nicknamed Smith "Prince" for his knack for charming his way out of trouble. It was at a party in the basement of a neighborhood DJ, "Jazzy" Jeff Townes, that Smith's magnetism first paid off professionally. He won over Townes and the DJ's manager, James Lassiter, who has steered Smith's career for the past 22 years and who runs Overbrook Entertainment, the production company named for the high school they attended. Before Smith finished his senior year, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince released their first album, and Smith decided to forgo college...
Providence, averaging just 63 points per game prior to the night’s matchup, put up 93 in a 93-70 win over the Crimson (2-4), led by guard Jeff Xavier’s long-distance fireworks. The junior scored a game-high 27 points, highlighted by seven of his team’s 14 total makes from beyond the three-point line. The Friars entered the game shooting just 39 percent from the field and 31 percent from beyond the arc, but went over 58 percent in both categories (14-for-24 from three) on a night...
...guys come out of the blocks and have some success.” The quick Crimson kept taking it to Providence in the early going, grabbing its largest lead at 15-9 with 11:58 left in the half. Harvard led until the 7:08 mark, when Friars guard Jeff Xavier hit one of his seven three-pointers to put Providence ahead, 22-20. At that point, the Crimson had forced four Providence turnovers, which led to 10 of its points. Of the 10 fast-break points it scored in the game, eight came in the first half. THREE POINTERS...