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Delight is the slightly rumpled, bow-tied McCall Smith's operative mode. His books--The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls and The Kalahari Typing School for Men--which detail the quiet and quirky adventures of Botswanan sleuth Mma (pronounced Ma, the most correct way of addressing women in Botswana) Ramotswe, have become international word-of-mouth hits, sold millions and been translated into 26 languages, partly because of their sheer cheerfulness...
Take another trip with this update on the Chevy Chase vacation saga. Cedric the Entertainer is the patriarch of an adorably wacky family—which features the no longer lil’ Bow Wow—traveling cross-country for a family reunion. Watch as the antics get more and more clichéd, but enjoy the random bursts of dumb fun, like the hot tub antics with two obese white women and the legitimately humorous guest appearance of frequent Cedric collaborator Steve Harvey as Cedric’s brother...
...tried. As it rowed today, the Combination crew was seated, as follows: stroke, A. O. Pendar '27; 7, W. K. Rice '27; 6, R. S. Riley '27; 5, P. B. Huntington '26; 4, T. D. Howe Jr. '26; 3, K. D. Robinson '29; 2, J. de W. Hubbard '29; bow, George Bancroft '27; cox., A. M. Pappenheimer...
...terms, the month does provide students with non-credit and for-credit activities that could not be offered in any other environment. With wide participation from faculty and student clubs, MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) allows students to do lab work, learn topology, shoot a bow-and-arrow, weld aluminum and watch imported anime—literally everyday. Middlebury’s J-term includes extensive travel and service opportunities. At Harvard, an ideal J-term could open up the possibility of international travel, research and volunteer work. Student groups could also take advantage of January...
...Republicans are not engaging in honest attempts to alleviate rising health care costs for doctors as well as patients. Republicans claim, meanwhile, that patients are forced to pay for superfluous tests indulged in by doctors afraid of malpractice lawsuits. The trial lawyers charge that the proposals are simply a bow to Republican donors residing in insurance lobbies. They’ve gone as far as accusing Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the majority leader and a heart surgeon, of “participating in the debate since his family founded the H.C.A. hospital chain and its subsidiary malpractice insurer, Health...