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...dissipate into thin air--well, things start to get a little suspicious. As we went to change our clocks this past weekend, it became necessary to ask ourselves the tough questions: Is it not unjust to deny precious seconds to a student demographic whose schedule-juggling is already a feat of Herculean proportions? Why does no one think to factor in the additional ten minutes that we lose in our attempts to readjust our watches? Why does it always seem to fall right after spring break, when we need that extra hour of detox more desperately than ever...
Henkel entered the weekend as one of the hottest pitchers in baseball, having struck out sixteen batters in six innings in his last outing against Bradley. He managed to duplicate this feat against the Crimson, fanning sixteen in seven innings of work...
...fact, Bricka might just be the world's expert on water walking. He accomplishes the feat by balancing himself with a double-sided paddle on a pair of cance-like skis--and for overnight trips, he uses as his "rest stop" the catamaran that he drags behind him and which is stocked with supplies. In 1988, Bricka walked 3,502 miles across the Atlantic Ocean from the Canary Islands to Trinidad--a stunt which landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest distance walked across water (though one has to wonder what kind of competition...
...when he realized how bad the whole project was going to be). Don Cheadle, who has previously been a solid bit player, lacks charisma here and Jerry O'Connell has the dubious distinction of being upstaged by the HAL like computer appearing in the first half. Not a small feat, considering the voice only appears for two minutes during one of the film's many crises. The cast spends most of the time staring into space (literally) and looking forlorn while visual effects whizz around them, but there's little pathos or sympathy involved because De Palma substitutes dramatic tension...
Bush won the support of women and minorities as governor of Texas, and he may repeat that feat nationally. If successful, Bush would not only find himself winning moderate voters, but he would gain some of the traditionally Democratic vote as well...