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...Watch and learn," the President said as events unfolded last week -- a boast reminiscent of an earlier bit of Bush self-analysis: "Maybe I'll turn out to be a Teddy Roosevelt...
...find more elbowroom? Avoid weekends and famous attractions like Old Faithful; be willing to venture farther afield. The National Forest System and the Bureau of Land Management boast millions of acres of uncrowded and unspoiled territory. Veteran Tennessee hiker Jim Botts, for instance, shuns crowded Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the lesser known bogs of Joyce Kilmer Wilderness in North Carolina...
Make no mistake: not every freshly anointed manager is the second coming of Casey Stengel. In fact, Stengel had only one winning season in the 13 years he piloted a team other than the Yankees. Steinbrenner's Bronx Bumblers still + boast the worst record in baseball, despite new manager Stump Merrill, who says bravely, "I just hope I can survive and stay here." Atlanta managed at least briefly to climb out of last place under Bobby Cox, who swapped the general manager's office for a seat in the dugout. But as Lasorda, in his 15th year as Dodger manager...
...decade. (Here's one, originally written in 1979, name of Total Recall.) Then, in these days of multinational superproductions, you want it to star an Austrian, be directed by a Dutchman, and cost about $60 million. (Total Recall, a Paul Verhoeven film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.) You want it to boast elaborate sets and gadgety special effects. (TR created a Martian colony on a Mexican soundstage.) You want it to blend science fiction, action adventure and suspense. (TR filches blithely from Star Wars and Blade Runner, from RoboCop and Hitchcock films.) You want it to have plenty of cartoon mayhem...
Despite Harvard's boast that it provides for 100 percent of estimated financial need, Harvard's estimates often differ wildly from the estimates of a student facing a four-year bill in excess of $80,000, especially when accepting a financial aid package can mean saddling one's self with a student-loan debt of more than...