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...arguing customers, harried workers, and whiny children, we heard the strains of a lilting melody. It was Barbara Streisand, there to comfort us with “Send in the Clowns.” We sighed, relaxed, and toughed it out until morning...

Author: By Zoe K. Epstein, | Title: POSTCARD FROM BARCELONA: ‘Purple Rain’ in Spain | 8/17/2001 | See Source »

...access to information was extremely wide). We would sit in his massive office at the Kremlin, often for a couple of hours at a time. At times he seemed stunned by the way the world he had once thought unshakeable - and which had given him prestige and considerable comfort - was dissolving around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism's Last Hurrah: Our Man in Moscow Remembers | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

However, as many Harvard buildings, including virtually all of Harvard’s housing, are without air conditioning, such news provided little comfort to staff and faculty...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Excessive heat warning' from Weather Service | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...will lead to happier, healthier marriages. Bearman is currently at work on a follow-up tracking the same students into their twenties. But judging by an informal survey, some pledgers may have a rough road ahead. Been, for one, whose website lists his favorite hobby as dating and favorite comfort item as his waterbed, has run into romantic troubles of late. "Survivor kind of killed my dating life," he says. Perhaps it was all that talk of abstaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixed Reviews for Abstinence-Only Programs | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...explaining to Cassandra that I was too young to get married and getting almost enough mileage out of my damaged understanding of commitment to make my parents' divorce worth it, I started to feel that being married would be nice, a relief from contemplating what to do, a comfort in being able to plan the future. Plus, I realized the odds were slim of finding someone else who would let me write about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Millions Of Women Weep | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

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