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...just the other week, while perusing Louie’s Superette. During the three years he has lived in Mather House, Costello estimates that he has bought roughly 500 40-ounce beers from his favorite corner store, a habit that has become so ingrained that the man behind the counter readies his special 40-ounce-sized paper bag the moment Costello walks through the threshold. One rainy night before finals however, Costello’s regular pattern was broken when he reached to pay for his two 40s and packet of Sour Patch Kids only to be interrupted...
...graduation day.” Unlike Costello, however, not every recipient of Chen’s complimentary champagne is a regular patron at the store; many students are chosen simply because of their conversational ability and their interest in getting to know the man behind the counter...
...Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta to become Harvard’s third sorority in the fall, the demand for more social outlets is clear. And other all-female groups such as the Seneca, the Bee, the Isis and the newly-formed Sabliere Society are part of an effort to counter the male-only final club scene...
...When Bush goes to New York next Fall, Democrats are going to be hard pressed to counter all the patriotic emotions the Republicans will try to tap. But there is an effective counterattack: Memories won?t keep the nation safe or teach its children...
...counter move, Hamas is expanding its operations out of the narrow Israeli theater. Jordanian security officials tell TIME that two Hamas agents recently traveled to Afghanistan to recruit the remnants of al-Qaeda's network to join its operations in the Arab world. The Jordanians say this spells danger for many countries in the Middle East, especially since a growing number of Hamas leaders now argue that the best way to strike Israel is to attack U.S. targets in Arab countries. A choice venue for such attacks, they say, would be Iraq, where Hamas would find local groups willing...