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...even stopped for a seat themselves. The 476 chairs and 82 tables, spread throughout the Yard and the Quad, represent the first initiative of a 22-member Committee on Common Spaces, which University President Drew G. Faust tasked with developing new social spaces for the Harvard community. While the reaction of the student body has been mixed, the chairs do bring a new and welcome character to warm, sunny days in Cambridge. Combining aesthetic appeal and a welcome social atmosphere, they are a positive first step in the worthy effort of creating new social spaces. Daily student artistic performances...
Meanwhile, Japanese reaction to her burst of global fame has been overwhelmingly positive, if low-key. (There had already been one unofficial fan site for her even before the UFO quote got out.) And, in the afterglow of her husband's epoch-ending victory, there is talk about how her honesty and outspokenness are symbolic of what many hope will be a new, less constricting era. She certainly believes his ascension to power is a sign of change in Japan, one that she is happy to be a part of. "I think he will be a completely new style...
...exactly how the patina is formed but most agree it is composed of deposits of solid calcium carbonate that come by way of rain or groundwater. It can contain particles added by wind and perhaps biological. Additionally, depending on the levels of acidity, it may also involve a chemical reaction with the surface of the object. Some scientists say the process is similar to the way stalagmites grow in caves; others disagree...
...almost journalistic vignettes, traces the ups and downs of everyday soldier life. Even the most banal serves as a suspenseful contrast to ticking bombs and explosions. When James confuses a dead boy’s bomb-strapped body for the young Iraqi kid he’d befriended, his reaction is both sincere and destructive—like no shortage of other situations in Iraq. The movement from the commonplace to the unbelievable creates a surreality similar to that of “Apocalypse Now.” In one scene, a soldier almost annoyingly complains about his duty; immediately...
...Apart from the outcry from American conservative groups, however, it appears the response to the recommendations elsewhere in the world has been mostly calm. Williams says the reaction and press coverage has largely been supportive, including in "conservative places like the Solomon Islands and Ethiopia, which have to balance traditional values with pressing problems created by unwanted pregnancy and disease." (Read "Teen Pregnancy: An Epidemic in Foster Care...