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...couldn't agree on a budget. Only it's worse this time, because if the two houses can't reconcile themselves, a host of beloved conservative bonbons that mustered the 51 votes necessary for the passage of budget provisions-tax cuts, for example, and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-will have to be resubmitted, and will probably be defeated, under normal Senate rules, where 60 votes are required...
...extremely bright colors and curvy shapes. Instead, Blue Sky Studios has relied on cooler, deeper colors to contrast their work from Disney’s “rose-colored glasses” animation. Ice Age succeeded in this degree, but its landscapes were vast expanses of neutrally-colored arctic; Robots’ futuristic mechanical world is visually distracting to the point of nausea...
...racked up six goals to send the Harvard women’s lacrosse team (1-0) past UMass (1-2) in a 12-7 win in the Crimson’s season-opener. Led by Belitsos, Harvard buried the Minutewomen under a slew of first-half goals on an arctic afternoon at Jordan Field...
...blue underpants), turn their backs, skip work, boycott gas, spend "Not One Damn Dime" to bring the economy to a halt for a day of lament. There were flags burned and snowballs thrown, much jostling, some pepper spray. The satirical Billionaires for Bush auctioned off Social Security and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before moving on to their Re-Coronation Ball (its code: "Dress to oppress"). The spirit of the First Amendment floated down Pennsylvania Avenue, between protesters chanting "Racist, sexist, anti-gay. Bush and Cheney, go away" and their opponents answering "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" Some signs declared GOD BLESS...
...After Tomorrow came yesterday. As a sunless Sunday revealed an Arctic expanse, one almost expected to see Jake Gyllenhaal scampering down Mt. Auburn St., pursued by a pack of roving wolves (or at least members of the Fox Club). But take a step back in time—Saturday had been even worse. Exam-burdened students familiar with the punishments of cold, white, unforgiving academics spent hours becoming acquainted with the trials of cold, white, unforgiving precipitation. Irish-literature students’ souls swooned slowly as they heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like...