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...know the drill. Instead of T.A.s we have T.F.s, proctors instead of R.A.s and concentrations instead of majors. Getting used to the language of Harvard is part of getting used to the school...
...know the drill from this point on. There's some flimsy excuse for physical contact, followed by the hideously awkward first kiss, and before you know it, someone's trying to hide their bad hair and lipstick smudges while doing the walk of shame home. Glory in your temporary triumph-just do yourself a favor and wash your sheets soon afterward...
Queen Elizabeth II has given a Canadian businessman the go-ahead to drill for what could be one of Europe's largest onshore oil deposits -- right on the grounds of her cherished Windsor Castle. The would-be driller, Canuk Exploration Ltd. director Desmond Oswald, promised yesterday that the exploratory drilling will be a half-mile distant from the queen's ancestral home and won't mar her view of the family parkland. He didn't precisely address what would happen if the hoped-for 100 million barrels of oil starts gushing out. "I don't believe...
...region the Republicans claim as their base. Her father was a military officer who moved often, but in the family's travels, she says, "we hit Texas four times because we knew the local Congressman." In high school in Austin, Texas, having failed to make the Tex-Anns drill team, she stumbled across a primitive form of journalism -- yearbook writing ("I needed something to do in fifth period"). She went on to get a journalism degree at the University of Texas in Austin, then worked for two years on the San Antonio Light. After graduating from Harvard Business School...
...would not beat up on our guests or embarrass them." The two anchors forged a complementary partnership -- MacNeil with his clipped, analytical style, Lehrer with his folksy Texas drawl -- but there are important differences. Says longtime NewsHour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Lehrer is like a "Marine drill sergeant"; MacNeil is like a "symphony conductor...