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...that sounds like another potential Somalia, it's easy to understand why the President, for all his tough talk, is not about to rush into anything. "Bush cannot embark on a mission that fails," says Geoffrey Kemp, a former member of President Reagan's National Security Council now at the Nixon Center in Washington. "Given what happened to his father and the hype in this Administration, it would be the end." And for Saddam, yet another new beginning...
...fair—and to leave you with one last piece of advice—I urge the same kind of reflection before you embark on any career path. Many people wander into life-long commitments without considering the likely effects on their happiness. If you enter a profession such as, say, corporate law simply because you’re good at reading, writing and arguing, and would like a big paycheck, and don’t know what else to do with yourself, don’t be surprised when the main accomplishment of your lawyerly efficiency...
...sitting on the terrace of the Best Western Gateway Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif., with my laptop open, about to embark on a little adventure. I've been hearing a lot about Wi-Fi lately, and not just from my geekier friends. Everyone who has tried the new high-speed wireless technology loves it--from homeowners who use it to network all their computers, to road warriors who can now go online from airport boarding lounges. And it's spreading to more public places like coffee shops and, not far from my home, this very hotel, where I have decided...
Preparation for the transformation has already begun: The students about to embark on this particular variety of the Spring Break trip have logged umpteen hours at the gym as of late, desperately trying to firm up the winter’s extra padding in one week. (This also explains the group of guys dropping for push-ups every half-hour on St. Patty’s Day.) They have frequented the tanning salons in an attempt to hide their pasty-white Cambridge complexions. They have endured the torment of the waxing chair, modeled their trunks and bikinis in front...
Slimmed, bronzed and plucked, these students embark for far-away tropical beaches to live a life outside of their own—for a week. They will drink by the handle (seriously damage their bodies), compete in wet T-shirt contests (exploit their sexuality) and become people who they are not (frat boys and sorority girls from state schools). Best yet is that these Spring Break revelers can return to campus the following week slighter tanner and perhaps a bit less healthy than when they left but for the most part able to carry on with their routine Harvard persona...