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...last week, when lawmakers got word that two of the Army's key divisions rated C-4s in October, Capitol Hill quickly took on the aura of an unhappy dinner table on report-card night. Who was to blame? Republicans pointed fingers at the Clinton Administration, complaining that Democrats had once again underfunded defense. "Over the past several years, the readiness of the Army has been deteriorating as a result of insufficient funding and a foreign policy that has committed military personnel to areas where we have no vital security interests," said Senator James Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican who heads...
...simple to say that art ever after has followed trancelike in the acid-green aura of the Warhol Effect. The art roughly of the '70s, from Kent State through Watergate to the imperial rise of Reaganomics, reflected the seismic social shifts of the times. And what that churned up is seen in the show's kaleidoscope of imagery, ranging from a full-size mannequin of a rather worn-looking camel by Nancy Graves through documentary photos of Chris Burden after a self-inflicted gun wound to a film of Robert Smithson running along the rocky ground of his massive...
...think that last year, there was an aura surrounding the Trinity recruits," Bajwa said. "But the hesitation is no longer there, having played them last year...
With the losses in the finals last year, Harvard has lost the aura of invincibility it held during its dynasty. But that should make this year even more exciting. Both teams have reloaded, and judging by expectations, this should be another banner year for Harvard squash...
...device exploded in his hands. A costumed group of students entered a crowded MIT lecture hall to promote Phi Kappa Sigma's upcoming Halloween party that raises money for the Leukemia Society of America. The packed lecture hall watched as the sophomore in question, hoping to add to the aura by creating a theatrical puff of smoke, ended up with deep gashes on his hand...