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...things will be sounding a bit more normal. Congress will soon take up the far more contentious question of domestic eavesdropping. Last summer, it passed the Protect America Act (PAA), which was designed to modernize the 1978 law controlling electronic surveillance of Americans. After initially trying to block the bill, which expanded the government's ability to track suspect individuals, Democrats caved. But in a last-ditch effort to placate civil libertarians, the Democrats attached a six-month sunset on the old law. That six-month extension ends Feb. 1 and the pressure is on for a permanent...
...euphoria that followed the announcement gave way to a widespread feeling of disappointment: On the designated night, there was certainly a line of people snaking around the block, waiting to get into the Lotus Lounge in the city's affluent Buckhead neighborhood. But "it was about 80% black," recalls Ski. And, as Weiss put it on air, "My white people didn't show...
...From there, it's one block south, one block down...
...block "down," of course, is Managua code for "one block west." Sometimes going "down," then, actually means going uphill. To further confuse things, directions are given in a unit of measurement known as a vara, which is apparently based on the arm length of a former nobleman from some time and some place in the distant past...
It’s no surprise that Harvard students will go to great lengths to find an effective study technique. But study drugs are old news. The latest trend? Study cocktails. Sometimes you just need a lil’ buzz to get past that writer’s block or finish that book. And to assist you with your scholarly inebriation, FM has whipped up some delicious concoctions for each one of your study spots. Just make sure that you serve them in library-appropriate disguises. Widener Russian 2 oz. vodka 1 oz. coffee liqueur 3 oz. cream or milk...