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...which there are no winners, but the magicians on the Senior Committee have conjured one up. The “Last Senior Standing” contest offers a prize for the seniors who attend the most senior bars. “Attending” simply means getting a card stamped, thus ensuring that loads of window shoppers can “pop in,” get a stamp, then frame the certificate next year in a Morgan Stanley office. Ideally, there would be a breathalyzer at the door—if you blow below a .15, no stamp...
...seniors—one in five in the class of 2006—signed in last Sunday at Senior Bar, armed with nothing but a government-issued ID and a neon yellow punch card. A mere 65 made it through the first five events. Eventually there will be only a handful left. It’s Last Senior Standing, the garishly alcoholic offspring of Senior Bar and Singled Out. The definitely not-Harvard-affiliated Senior Bar Committee has organized the tourney (see www.seniorbar06.com). And from Sunday to Thursday, the participants brave financial and emotional costs ($8 for wine at Grafton...
...last flight on the plane, guys - very sad." It was Andrew H. Card Jr., the outgoing White House Chief of Staff, popping his head into the press cabin at the back of Air Force One on Tuesday night, toward the end of the flight back to Andrews Air Force Base after a long day of Medicare and political events in Missouri and Iowa. He startled the journalists, some of whom were dozing or watching the movie Fun with Dick and Jane...
...front, President Bush, the traveling staff, some Secret Service agents and a few crew members had gathered in the conference room for cake and slides to mark Card's final flight as "The Chief." Joshua B. Bolten, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, officially takes over Saturday...
...Card had an emotional message for the crowd in the conference room: It is hard to get a job at the White House, but it is even harder to leave. Some people dabbed their eyes. "Secretary Card," as he is known around the Administration, often said in speeches, "It is unbelievable to be able to say, 'Good morning, Mr. President' every day that he comes into The Oval Office." On Thursday, Card will do it for the last time, before the Bush family heads to Camp David for Easter...