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...While the Taliban mullahs and their bodyguards sped away towards the Afghan border, the rest of us passengers stared numbly at the distant city of Quetta, under a haze of tear gas as black smoke poured from a few buildings. Later, I learned that the anti-American mob had torched several movie theaters, which have been showing "Desperado" and "Gladiator." They also burned down the U.N. offices because-well, who knows why. Maybe they didn't like the big blue lettering on the U.N. sign. Behind us, a few Pakistani MiG fighter jets were screaming back and forth across...
...young lion, not more than hip height from the ground-stalking me...I’m vaguely panicked at this point,” says Karin Jane Alexander `02, who was conducting thesis research this summer. Karin and her fiance, Adam, were invited to tea with a distant relative who runs a wildlife orphanage outside of Bulawayo, a large city in the south of the country. Karin stepped out of the car to open the gate, and Adam continued driving up a long driveway. Karin closed the gate behind her, began to wander through a garden leading to the house...
...would not be an easy job; upperclass students have many other time commitments and responsibilities. But with the proper incentives, many more qualified upperclass students would apply to act as a live-in resource for first-years than could be accepted. For some who live in the more distant Houses, the idea of a room in the middle of campus would be enticing enough. Cutting or waiving room fees for R.A.’s would not only draw many applicants, it would also alleviate some of the space crunch in the Houses. Programs like the First-year Outdoor Program...
...Then there's the southern border. It's only been a few months since George Bush and Vicente Fox giddily discussed a newly liberalized border policy between the U.S. and Mexico, and already the whole conversation seems like a distant memory...
...While the Taliban mullahs and their bodyguards sped away towards the Afghan border, the rest of us passengers stared numbly at the distant city of Quetta, under a haze of tear gas as black smoke poured from a few buildings. Later, I learned that the anti-American mob had torched several movie theaters, which have been showing "Desperado" and "Gladiator." They also burned down the U.N. offices because-well, who knows why. Maybe they didn't like the big blue lettering on the U.N. sign. Behind us, a few Pakistani MiG fighter jets were screaming back and forth across...