Word: exceptionality
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...quite certain it was not because of the party scene. Coming from a school where large frat parties on Thursday nights is the norm, I can tell you that drunken debauchery at one school is just about the same as drunken debauchery at the next—except at UCLA people can actually dance and you have a little better shot of finding someone attractive when you have drunk goggles on to deceive you. Try not to be too disappointed with the Harvard party scene, because frankly, if you had wanted to party all day you would have gone...
...strayed far from the strategy of the more famous senator from Illinois. (Clinton grew up in a Chicago suburb.) Clinton makes a point of appearing at small-town New York events, like the start of apple-picking season, and maintains nine different offices in her adopted state. Except for the three days each week the Senate is in session, Obama is almost religiously in Illinois, and his staff brags about the 34 town halls he has held in his home state. Clinton frequently joins Republicans like Rick Santorum, a darling of the religious right, to work on legislation...
...Lake Charles, La. about 12 hours after Hurricane Rita tore through here, and Columbus, Ohio Fire Department Capt. Jack Reall is briefing his 35-person FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team. "What you see is what you got. We have no idea what's going to happen," except that the promised roof to sleep under isn't going to work out. Nearby, McNeese State University's Burton Coliseum, most recently used to house those affected by Hurricane Katrina, is dark, with standing water and no working bathrooms, and is strewn with personal items from its last short-term occupants. Tomorrow...
...Conservatives, the free-market FDP and the leftish environmentalists of the Green Party in a stable m?nage ? trois? What about a grand coalition of Social Democrats and Christian Democrats? Since Frau Merkel's supporters will have three more seats in the next parliament, she could still be Chancellor. Except that Schr?der thinks that, morally, he won the election because he picked up so many votes in the home stretch. So he will not serve under Merkel...
...After 9/11 the Tigers feared they would eventually fall foul of the new U.S. war on terror, and, partly to avoid that, quickly agreed a ceasefire with a new, more moderate government in Colombo, under which they opened up their territory (the north and east) to all except government troops. But since there was no question of giving up the dream of an independent homeland for which they had fought so long, they set up formidable new borders around "Eelam" to underscore the impression of sovereignty. Entering Tigerland today means a vehicle search, a bag search and a body search...