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As the centerpiece of its centennial winter carnival, St. Paul has a neogothic ice palace twelve stories tall. And with its Mardi Gras celebrations as a happy pretext, downtown Galveston has seven exotic ceremonial arches designed by a remarkable group of architects. The ice palace and the arches were both...
Scientists at J.P.L. seemed most fascinated by Voyager's close-up views of the five major Uranian moons. By far the most exotic was Miranda, about 300 miles across and the closest of the large moons to the planet. Miranda, Geologist Laurence Soderblom explained, "is a bizarre hybrid," combining at...
Different because it rides a rusty old van to away games with a driver who doubles as the team's coach. Different because its practices often begin at 8:30 p.m. and last into the wee hours of the night. Different because it boasts members from such exotic locales as...
WHEN THIS Dr. Jeckyll-Mr. Hyde metamorphosis hits Harvardians, the rest of the world may as well not exist. Academia and all of its pressing concerns are forgotten. Cramming for the Ec 10 final or getting a start on second semester assignments is exchanged for the zealous pursuit of weather...
In this case, the people with money were John and Ari Silberman from Tampa, and the P-38 was John's love. John, explained Ari, "doesn't work, but he really knows how to live." She said her husband's expensive flirtations run from vintage aircraft to exotic cars to...