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...competition started with open auditions in late November. Nearly 30 freshmen contended for 10 spots in the first round on December 11, but only three performers—Barkett, Chris M. Beavers ’08, and Alyssa M. Fabrizio ’08—progressed to Saturday’s finals after receiving the most audience votes...
...surprise second-round victory of Traian Basescu in Romania's presidential election marks a clear break for a country that hopes to enter the E.U. in 2007. Fifteen years after a revolution brought Romania's communist era to a bloody close, Basescu is the first President to come to power promising to take on the country's entrenched communist-era bureaucracy. Coincidentally, his party colors were the same orange that stirred revolution next door in Ukraine. That may have boosted his chances against ex-Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, the left-wing candidate. Crowds greeted his election with cries of "Down...
...Better Safe than Sorry? Re "A Shot Seen Round The World" [Nov. 29], about the videotape of a Marine apparently killing a wounded Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque: It's amazing that we don't hear more stories like that. I hold no ill will toward the Marine, because I cannot begin to fathom what he and others endure in Iraq every day-car bombs, roadside rockets, booby-trapped bodies and Iraqi civilians who act like your friend one day and shoot at you the next. To all the armchair generals who criticize what happened at the mosque...
...inability to sleep is called insomnia, but what do you call the unwillingness to sleep, as in Warren's case? "Somnorexia"? Perhaps it's time this condition had a name, because in this age of flexible work schedules, all-night dining, round-the-clock cable news and home espresso makers, it may be far more common than people suspect. For certain restless, overscheduled Americans intent on squeezing more labor, more fun, more family time and more sheer activity from their lives, the traditional 24-hour day has become an anachronistic inconvenience, much like the sit-down evening meal. Though early...
...wonderful to see that global ingenuity is thriving, but within a few years we will be throwing away 2004's innovative gizmos and gadgets for the next round of amazing inventions. There was not a word in your report about reuse, recycling, sustainability or even compatibility with existing or future products. Each of the inventions seems to be a stand-alone technology, and some are even designed to be disposable. As wonderful as it may be to have plastic tattoos on my iPod and rubbery tubes to keep my shoes tied, how will I explain to my grandchildren that...