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...this day, Rudenstine sits on a small hard-backed chair tilted dangerously on its two back legs and props his feet on the armchair in front of him. Putting aside a crystal tray holding the half-eaten fruit salad he has ordered for lunch, he sips a Diet Coke and fidgets slightly while his eyes roam from the ceiling to the reporters to the elegant furniture in his spacious Mass. Hall office...
Even in war time, we had memorable teachers. Professor David Owen taught British history, and his Crystal Palace lecture was famous. I remember "Doc" Davison in Music 1 lecturing on the music of William Byrd with such enthusiasm that there were tears in his eyes. F.O. Matthiessen's Shakespeare-reading course in Adams House was another highlight. (I think it was in Adams: memory sometimes double-faults...
Waist-deep in the fast-running Gunnison River, below the towering rock cliffs of Colorado's Black Canyon, angler John Duncan drifted a tiny brown imitation caddis fly on the filmy surface of the crystal-green water. Suddenly a form rose from below and took the hook. As Duncan played in his leaping, twisting catch, he could tell by its green back, silvery sides and blazing red stripe that he had hooked a rainbow trout. Then Duncan saw something else: a jet-black discoloration on the fish's tail and rear section. The trout was clearly diseased. "I was shocked...
DIANA NAPPER, 38; WEXFORD, PA.; housewife and mother Her best friend, Carol Jo Weiss Friedman, had a vision that Napper would create something to make people more aware of breast cancer. So Napper designed the crystal-and-pearl Glimmer of Hope pin in memory of Friedman, who died of the disease in 1990. Almost 2,000 pins have been sold, raising nearly $24,000 for research. The proceeds will go to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Napper says the pin represents a bond among women: "Even those of us who don't have breast cancer are afraid...
...leave his influential imprint. During two years of aggressive court challenges that led up to Rostenkowski's plea bargain last week, his lawyers blazed a trail of legal precedents that could significantly benefit future suspected congressional culprits. One decision makes it more difficult to prosecute breaches of less-than-crystal-clear congressional rules; it has already been used to throw out charges against former Ohio Representative Mary Rose Oakar for writing bad checks to the now defunct House bank. Another Rosty precedent is expected to make it harder for prosecutors to pursue members when otherwise illegal behavior is intertwined with...