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...Suddenly, somebody notices bejacketed custodial employees approaching with trash bags, and the excitement mounts. As soon as one of them tears down the previous week’s layers of posters, the first dance begins. Seven or eight eager posterers mob the most coveted spaces—reader boards near Thayer and Harvard Hall. Soon more crowd around, getting more anxious as the virgin brown surfaces vanish from sight. Taken from afar, the untrained observer sees only an orgy of arms and tape, flailing and indistinguishable...
...Harvard up to date with modern security and forgery-protection present at most of our peer institutions. While these long overdue changes are quite admirable and long overdue, one major concern remains: sensitivity. Excitement surely captured us when we first felt the thicker, stiffer, more robust cards in our eager hands. We assumed that, armed with this new technology, we would only have to touch our hips, gently, to that magical spot in order to secure a smooth entry. We soon learned, however, that it requires a good deal of awkward fumbling to find the sweet spot that turns...
...historical precedent. The US is a republic where most citizens have most of their money invested in home equity, also known as the bricks that house them, and every one of them can vote. Hence, amidst the heat of an election year, Congress suddenly seems blessed with bipartisanship and eager to approve the RTC-inspired bailout...
...fading; she looked pale and wan, and even the fumbling attentions of the under-gardener in the bougainvillea had failed to give her any pleasure.Why couldn’t she forget him? Felicity asked herself. She had fled to Italy. She had replicated his caresses with dozens of eager men. She had even ordered a small bale of hay brought to her room and furiously rubbed it over her naked body, hoping to exorcise him.But all she could hear was the sound of his scornful laughter, and every movement of her husband’s body brought back her realization...
...Livni wants Olmert out. She is eager to take over, telling her supporters after her win that she wants to form a new Cabinet "as quickly as possible in the face of serious threats facing Israel." Israel's generals say the nation's gravest threat is the possibility of a nuclear attack from Iran, though it now appears doubtful that Israel alone, without a green light from Washington, would launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities...