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DeVore was a little more reluctant to disclose the source of his "french envelopes." But upon being pressed, he revealed the root of his secrecy. His condoms are fashioned from "the appendix of a nearly extinct breed of sheep, now raised in only two remote villages in the Caucasus," which are gossamer-thin and known for their "great tensile strength...
...lunch folk to be hyper pre-meds, Harvard Dining Services (HDS) has assiduously removed all traces of caffeine from the meal, offering only milk, water, and orange juice for beverages. But HDS and The Crimson err in assuming that only manic undergrads indulge in bag lunches. There is another breed of student queuing up at Loker: the sports...
...Washington opinion leaders seem to have more trouble than average Americans imagining themselves in Clinton's shoes? Oddly, the problem may be that they consider Clinton a peer. Clinton and the politicos and the pundits all inhabit the same basic social arena. And social proximity makes detachment difficult. It breeds rivalry and enmity, hence harshness of judgment. True, it can also breed friendship and alliance, hence leniency. But for Bill Clinton, a gladhander and an ideological chameleon, there aren't many true friends and allies left...
...wake-up call; it was a stick of dynamite under the pillow. Prior to Andrew, no one envisioned more than $7 billion in insured losses for a single storm. But after Andrew's landfall, Karen Clark, founder of Applied Insurance Research Inc., in Boston, one of a new breed of "catastrophe modelers," sent an audacious message to her clients estimating insured losses at $9 billion. If Andrew proved to be more intense than first estimated, she added, the damages could hit $13.5 billion. "Nobody believed it," she says. A client remarked, "A few mobile homes and an Air Force base...
...radio or music videos to break its bands. Instead we tour our groups relentlessly, so that kids will have a chance to discover the bands for themselves, and the groups will have credibility and full careers rather than just radio hits. Limp Bizkit is part of a new breed of rock bands that is building its fan base through nonstop touring. JORDAN SCHUR, Owner and President Flip Records West Hollywood, Calif...