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...Valentine continues that while in prison he exchanged love letters with the jailer's daughter, restoring her sight (she was blind) and signing his letters from "your Valentine." But instead of sending saintly flower and lace, many of us, Scrooge-like, send only dark looks and trade only bitter quips...
...Most of the victims' relatives saw last week's split verdict as a bitter victory. "The overwhelming fact is we made the link to state-sponsored terrorism," said Aphrodite Tsairis, whose 20-year-old daughter Alexia was killed on Flight 103. Many families had stopped daring to hope for a conviction, and it came as the culmination of a draining struggle against complacency and despair. When Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was on the Pan Am flight, heard the verdict, he fainted in the court gallery. But the ruling also underlined another challenge: to start from this now legally established...
...sweep the weekend, it will be just a point back of Dartmouth in the ECAC standings going into their Feb. 17 showdown with eight conference games remaining in each team's schedule. Harvard has lost four games in a row against Dartmouth over the past two seasons, including a bitter season-ending overtime defeat in 2000. In the most recent meeting, Harvard blew a two-goal first-period lead before falling, 5-4. Another chance for revenge is just under two weeks away, but the Crimson will have to focus on the task at hand...
...Bill Clinton, just days after Gore conceded the presidential election to George W. Bush. With the loss still fresh in both men's minds, accusations and blame are reported to have flowed freely. TIME national political correspondent Karen Tumulty followed the Gore campaign from its inception to the bitter end. Here, she offers her thoughts on the meeting, the participants, and the future of the Democratic party...
...game consoles, first blood has been drawn. Last week a Japanese newspaper reported that Sega would cease production of its popular Dreamcast console in March. Sega has refused to confirm the report, insisting on its "global commitment to Dreamcast," but if true, the news would come as a bitter disappointment to the approximately 3 million U.S. gamers who bought a Dreamcast. Either way, Sega will continue to publish software for Dreamcast. It's tough all over: Sony's game division, makers of the elusive Playstation 2, reported losses of almost $120 million...