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...whether we were the admissions office’s big mistake. It’s only later that we realize the better question is whether Harvard was our mistake. Commencement, perhaps, should be the time when we can best answer that question. But at the senior events meant to bind us forever to each other and to our alma mater, I see more than a handful of people I’ve never met, who spent their time here doing things I’ve never tried. In the end, I can only say that there is no single Harvard...
...that, as Femmy later recounted to a friend, she endured the three months with gnawing fear of what she had done to her baby by working all day in the ore processing factory. Almost every hour of every day had meant touching or breathing mercury: it is used to bind with, then separate the tiny bits of gold from the stone; then it has to be burned off to isolate the precious metal. When the baby finally arrived, the doctor waited until an hour after the birth before telling Femmy what had happened. Her son's intestines were outside...
...strong case can be made that global warming is science fiction masquerading as fact. The Kyoto treaty would bind the U.S. to reduce "greenhouse gases" 7% below their 1990 levels by 2012. If the U.S. followed that provision, it could result in considerable price hikes for gasoline and a huge increase in electricity bills for most Americans. Global warming is a theory based, at this point, on speculative science, imprecise computer models and a lot of doom-and-gloom rhetoric. Despite what Chicken Little politicians claim, the scientific case is tenuous, at best. JOY LATHERS Colorado Springs, Colo...
...Amtrak, the company that brought us the aforementioned adventure, celebrates its 30th birthday this week. How is the celebration shaping up? Let?s just say there?s very little optimism lingering around corporate headquarters these days. At this birthday looms, you see, Amtrak is in one heck of a bind...
...Chose Him For bringing home 24 Americans from Hainan and helping his boss out of a bind while avoiding turning an incident into a crisis, Secretary of State Colin Powell is our Person of the Week...