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...that is why we obsess over sports. It’s why kids across the country spend hours in their driveways, pretending to be Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or LeBron James, counting down the clock and firing buzzer-beater after buzzer-beater until their mothers demand that they come in for dinner. Sports provide us something that we lack in most other realms of our lives—situations in which normal human beings have a chance to become immortal...

Author: By Jonathan P. Hay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A ROMP IN THE HAY: Why We Watch (And Love) Our Sports | 3/22/2005 | See Source »

...Cherry St. resident reported that unkown person(s) stole a bird feeder from her yard...

Author: By Eduardo E. Santacana, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Police Log | 3/22/2005 | See Source »

Don’t let the name fool you: The Phoenix Landing is about as Irish a pub as they come. The owners named the establishment for the mythical bird that rises from its ashes in blazing glory ­— a common symbol for Ireland’s rebirth after the Anglo-Irish War. The interior of the Landing is bathed in a warm red and features authentic wooden walls. The Galway-born bartender, Niamh (rhymes with ‘Bev’—no joke), told of the St. Paddy?...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: An Irish Night | 3/17/2005 | See Source »

Vendler’s 30-minute speech, entitled “The Ocean, The Bird, and The Scholar,” was the reprise of a speech she gave last year in Washington D.C. upon receiving the 2004 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Jefferson Lecture award...

Author: By Sam Teller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vendler Advocates Larger Role for Arts in Academia | 3/15/2005 | See Source »

...Britain, and is home to over 200 species of fish-making it a prime site for South American anglers. While you're waiting for the fish to bite, you can spot giant otters, jaguar, anteaters, monkeys and huge guinea pig-like capybaras. There are also over 300 species of bird, ranging from toucans to the magnificent 1.2-m jabiru stork. Visitors stay in a lodge with air conditioning, private bathrooms and spectacular river views. Tours can be arranged on horseback or foot, by boat or jeep, but the Pantanal itself is only accessible by charter flight. Rental prices for planes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcards from the Edge | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

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