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Thanks to my traveling companion's connections, we settled in at a suite in a resort by the white-sand shore...
...enduring magic of Franklin Roosevelt was so strong that one day in the White House Lyndon Johnson stopped by an F.D.R. bust and cradled the bronze chin in his big palm. "Look at that strength," he said to his companion. Then he stroked the Roosevelt face in tribute, his mind reaching back to when he was a young Texas Congressman, watching in awe as F.D.R. steadied the nation in depression and commanded it in war. After nearly 50 years of trying, the U.S. at last seems ready to complete a major Roosevelt memorial in Washington. Or maybe...
...French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's army experiences during World War II was published in Paris. The work, titled Notebook from the Phony War, describes the renowned existentialist's boredom and exasperation with army life and contains affectionate references to "my dear Beaver"-that is, his mistress and close companion, the writer Simone de Beauvoir. Scholars hailed the book as the most interesting of Sartre's wartime writings...
...traveling companion was not so lucky. Ahmad Ajaj, a Palestinian, was arrested when he tried to enter the country with a bogus Swedish passport and bombmaking books in his luggage. According to the federal prosecutors, Ajaj was ``carrying formulae regarding how to destroy buildings, bridges and other properties, and videotapes which called for war on the United States and portrayed scenes of explosions, including depictions of American facilities being bombed.'' Yousef, standing at the next counter, remained impassive as Ajaj was led away. The government now says Yousef's fingerprints were found on Ajaj's bomb manuals...
...school where jokes of sexual repression run rampant, Freudian slips are welcome and the idea of Kirkland House's Incestfest is looked upon with envy, the next step in the Harvard Board Game d'Amour consists of spurning the idea of companion-ship altogether. Harvard's Anti-Valentine's Day Dances--Friday at Eliot House, Saturday at Leverett--promoted the new-found acceptance of going solo, giving swinging singles not one but two opportunities to flaunt their freedom. Both dances charged $3/person or $7/couple, clearly discouraging the attendance of couples. Both had DJ's with the strict instructions to avoid...