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...daughters. His is the difficult life of a soldier, often away from his family for weeks at a time, because his "basic belief is that Israel is in the middle of a 100-year war." Tibon prosecutes that war from Tel Haras base, high on Mount Gerizim. From this bastion, Tibon can pick out a handful of Palestinian cars far below on the otherwise empty streets of Nablus. Israeli tanks are the only other presence on the roads. Tibon discusses supplies of food and medicine to the city's 200,000 residents with one of his officers. As he sees...
Harvard Square is many things. Adjectives such as “cute,” “bustling” and “touristy” are liberally employed to describe the College’s immediate surroundings. Others terms, namely “bastion of affordable and individual restaurants,” are not so carelessly flung about. Truth be told, the Square caters more to high-powered national chains than it does mom-and-pop joints. The few quality offerings grow more than stale by the time your first year comes to a close. After...
Harvard Square is many things. Adjectives such as “cute,” “bustling” and “touristy” are liberally employed to describe the College’s immediate surroundings. Others terms, namely “bastion of affordable and individual restaurants,” are not so carelessly flung about. Truth be told, the Square caters more to high-powered national chains than it does mom-and-pop joints. The few quality offerings grow more than stale by the time your first year comes to a close. After...
...keggers. And the later in the night you hang around, the higher your chances are of some girl asking you to sleep with her. These are maxims to live by if it is your goal to squeeze some good old American college hedonistic fun out of the Ivy-covered bastion of routine weekend frustration that is Harvard. Freshmen take note: it does get better. But not much...
...golfing terms, Hootie Johnson used too much club. When the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club--host of the prestigious Masters tournament--responded to a letter from Martha Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO), who was inquiring whether the all-male bastion would consider women for membership, his response wasn't a polite "Thank you for your interest, but this is a private club." Nope. Johnson swung from the heels. Gripped it and ripped...