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...months ago, officials at Buckingham Palace feared that the celebrations of her Golden Jubilee would be lifeless and sour. The climb back from Princess Diana's death in 1997, when Elizabeth's wooden initial response provoked public fury, has been arduous. Her offspring have continued to provide embarrassing fodder for the tabloids, from Edward and Sophie trying to trade their lineage for gain to Prince Harry's dabbling in drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elizabeth II | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

When British explorer Wilfred Thesiger traveled through Oman in the 1950s, he did it the hard way: an arduous crossing by camel of the sand-dune seas of the Empty Quarter, the Arabian peninsula's desolate interior. Parched, starved, waylaid by tribesmen and imprisoned by local sheiks, he barely survived. Fortunately, today's traveler needn't be as tough or determined as Thesiger; regular flights now make the hop over the Empty Quarter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Araby's Most Fabulous Destination | 5/27/2002 | See Source »

Meanwhile, and just as importantly, the Boston bullpen has been strengthened for an arduous pennant run. Ugueth Urbina’s heart-stopping closing has been the exception and not the rule. Casey Fossum and Sun-Woo Kim have been welcome additions, while the incomparable El Guapo and the inexplicable Tim Wakefield remain solid relievers. In short, the pitching situation is bright...

Author: By Tony Freinberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: My Little Tony: Pitching Key to Sox Success | 5/1/2002 | See Source »

...only know what they want to do, they must also find someone on the Harvard faculty who wants to sponsor their original plan of study. Jelina Pejkovic ’03, a special concentrator who studies Architecture and Urban Design, says the search for an adviser can be arduous, especially if the student doesn’t find someone who is really ready to stand behind them before the committee and to emphasize the specificity of their program. Many students, however, find the process of searching for an advisor to be a valuable social lesson, as it teaches them...

Author: By Angie Marek, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Special Education | 4/25/2002 | See Source »

...peace. This banality obscures the fact that they share a lot more in common. In principle, both sides understand what is necessary for a just peace. The details have yet to be resolved, but these specifics cannot be settled in a shouting match; they will require countless hours of arduous debate and compromise. Perhaps next time we would be better off sitting down together at the table of brotherhood instead of standing on opposite sides of an intersection...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, FOREIGN AFFAIRS | Title: Cambridge Occupied | 2/27/2002 | See Source »

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