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...story of Narcissus, a beautiful young boy drowns in a river after becoming enraptured with his own reflection. This story would likely be more relatable to Harvard students if one were to replace that physical reflection with Narcissus’s résum?...
...come full circle: al-Obeidi's heroism is again being hailed by both sides, and there's talk of a statue to be erected on the Adhamiya side of the river but paid for by Kadhamiya residents. The Sunni insurgents who once shot at people on the other side have formed an Awakening Council to keep the peace in Adhamiya. On the corniche in Kadhamiya, youngsters shoot pool on a couple of open-air tables. Iraqi police and army units have flushed out the Mahdi Army...
...return address, and those who found one could return it to Macy's for a $100 reward. Unfortunately their flights weren't so peaceful. Out of five balloons, three landed in Long Island (one was torn to pieces by neighbors competing for the prize), one drifted into the East River, and one floated out to sea never to return. Stubbornly, Macy's tried the balloon release again, but in 1932 an errant balloon wrapped itself around a passing airplane's wing, sending it into a tailspin. The balloon release plan was abandoned in 1933, the same year that parade attendance...
...with white Australians' prejudices against the Aboriginals and the need to acknowledge their mystical connection with the land and its ruling spirits. Above all, the movie is driven by conviction. We can, if we wish, sit back and smugly identify Australia's sources, which range from Giant to Red River. Or we can grant these characters their innocence, their implicit belief that all their undertakings are without precedence in this history of popular storytelling...
...witness the 10-0 victory over Yale. According to Friday’s e-mail from Harvard Athletics, more tickets were reserved expressly for students this year than ever before, even without the additional 170. About 4,900 student tickets were distributed at the Athletic Ticket Office across the River and over the course of two days in Memorial Hall, said Erin Hobin-Audet, the Harvard Athletics ticket manager. Harvard Stadium seats about 31,400 spectators, and according to Hobin-Audet, tickets for The Game were sold out in 2004 and 2006 as well. While some students who had purchased...