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During the blizzard a few weeks ago, I was walking down Mt. Auburn St. with a friend when, all of a sudden, an enormous amount of snow fell from a building above me and knocked me down. Uninjured, I emerged from underneath a blanket of snow only to discover that pedestrians for blocks around were calling out things like "are you OK?" and "You should sue!" If you want to make friends quickly, try getting hit by several pounds of precipitation. -Pamela S. Wasserstein...
...China's blanket refusal to take responsibility for criminal violations of human rights and its desire to limit civil freedoms in Hong Kong once it is under China's control should cast Madeleine Albright's decision to represent the United States at the transfer ceremonies in a morally and politically more uncertain light. Although Albright deliberated carefully with other members of the Clinton administration and key democratic leaders in Hong Kong before ultimately deciding to attend, her presence at the event lends credence and approval to a regime that does not deserve it. Albright believes that by attending the event...
After waking up under a blanket of over two feet of snow, it was painfully evident that Mother Nature took April Fool's Day a little too far this year...
...brown--and somewhat orange--among us contrast noticeably more with the white blanket covering fair Harvard. Where have the tan been this last week and what have they been doing on spring break...
...most important info I gleaned from these online encounters is that "mafia" has evolved into a blanket term applied to gangs from Tokyo to St. Petersberg, and the new generation is gaining strength. With the addition of multicultural dons--from Colombian Gilberto "The Chess Player" Orejuela to Japanese godfather Yoshinori Watanabe--'90s gangland has become a politically correct industry in which drug smuggling, racketeering and prostitution rings are all equal opportunity employers, an image which, needless to say, warrants a trip down memory lane...