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...face-off with the clock. Narrowing my eyes, I dared it to move yet another minute ahead. It did. Jumping up, I approached the people at the table for the third time, asking in my most polite passive-aggressive voice if they knew how much longer this would take. They shrugged and gave me a lollipop to shut me up. There was nothing to be done, so I trudged back to my seat, resuming my battle with the clock, a war I had already waged for two and a half hours. Next to me, a girl sighed in defeat, shaking...
From a social perspective, the Harvard first-year experience is not unlike a November afternoon: a little chilly, but not exactly frozen either. On paper, the youngest quartile is offered a slew of exceptional accommodations, ranging from an in-house proctor to provide around-the-clock counsel, to a Prefect Program that presents an upperclass perspective, to frosh-only dining designed to engender class cohesion. In reality, however, advising is wholly hit-or-miss, study breaks are largely unattended, and the charm of Annenberg wears thin long before it has ever been appreciated. But the Freshman Dean?...
...took up football--and everything else--with the same fervor he now displays at the line of scrimmage, where, before the snap, he shouts instructions at everyone but the cheerleaders. Cooper remembers the third grade, when Peyton's basketball coach told him to foul an opponent to stop the clock. Peyton kicked the kid in the gut. Archie recalls another youth hoops game, when Peyton told his coach, "The reason we lost this game tonight is because you don't know what you're doing." Then there was the time he dressed in a red ruffled shirt and tight black...
...long term: "In remote areas Aboriginal communities have domestic dogs and landowners have working dogs and tourists have their pooch in the back of the car, so there's not really anywhere that's isolated." Once inter-breeding starts, "it's very difficult to wind back the clock - it's like a ball rolling down a hill." While remote areas could still harbor pure populations, Wilton believes "they won't stay pure unless something is done." Some in remote areas have a more optimistic view of the dingo's future. Although he says there's no local data on population...
GLOBAL TIMEKEEPER Flying through time zones can be disorienting. To help you cope, here's a chic 12-sided travel alarm from Moss. Each facet of the World Time Clock ($75) corresponds to a major international city. Rotate the clock to your destination, and the hands automatically point to the correct time...