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...Clare M. Cotton, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, said the rate of crime would be distorted because of many colleges' high proportion of commuting students...
...over a $150 lunch of scallops and Sauterne, waxing eloquent on the merits of white vs. black truffles. Anyone who refers to Kelly's origins as "poor black" is quickly set straight with a portrait of working-class warmth. "They expect that you come off some family that picked cotton with holes in their shoes," he says. "My grandmother worked for rich white people. Our hand-me-downs were good hand-me-downs!" Though Kelly's grandmother was a cook, his mother was a home economics teacher with a master's degree, his father, a fishmonger, insurance agent and cabdriver...
...spent my days in math class fantasizing about Wendy, imagining the two of us doing really neat things like going to a movie or sharing cotton candy at the amusement park (I was only nine, and that really was the extent of my imagination). But I never told her how I felt, for fear of rejection or a big "Blech...
...weeks ago, hundreds of people, many with no more than a cotton wrap to protect them against sub-zero cold, queued up outside stores and gas stations to try to buy food, as well as fuel for their space heaters. As early as 3 a.m., young children were out in the freezing night, waiting outside bakeries that would not open for several hours and then might have only a few undersize loaves for sale. In Khair Khana, a residential area, a thousand women and children pushed and shoved for flour and fuel provided by the Soviets. Afghan soldiers thrashed...
...Cotton Bowl in Dallas against Arkansas, Aikman showed why the Cowboys are excited about him. He led the Bruins to a 17-6 triumph over the Razorbacks...