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Malaysia's drive to rid itself of hundreds of thousands of illegal foreign workers has turned into an embarrassing and lethal disaster. In the last several days, 14 Filipinos and more than 50 Indonesians reportedly died in make-shift border camps thrown together by local authorities to house the hordes of displaced returnees. Most of the dead were children suffering from dehydration and disease...
Between the 7 and 9 p.m. showings of the documentary, movie-goers marched to Mass. Hall to erect a make-shift “town hall” with wooden boards for PSLM supporters to sign...
...enough space in which to house all its faculty can be the biggest hurdle when trying to create department atmosphere. Nearly 15 years ago the government department was forced to share its home in Littauer with the growing economics department. Since then, government faculty has been forced to inhabit make-shift offices scattered around the campus. government professors currently occupy space in Littauer, Coolidge Hall, the Center for European Studies (CES) and the Kennedy School of Government, and they are anything but happy about this change in scenery...
...this diverse program of 19th century old-school ballet and unconventional tribal dance-steps. This jazzy medley of five vignettes set to Gershwin classics celebrates the 1998 Gershwin Centennial with its toe-tapping tunes and playful pas de deux between the 10 male and female performers. The costumes and make-shift veranda almost seemed lifted from an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, as the stunning starlettes shimmied amongst the debonnaire gents in brazen precocity. One was almost tempted to swoon vicariously through the dancers as they linked arms and flirtatiously strode side-by side to the lyrics of "Embracable...
...many ways [college at the time] was not an ideal experience," says Vagts. "The Faculty was very confused [and the College had a] hurried, make-shift quality...