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...suppose that Robert Capa's famous advice to photojournalists--"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough"--applies only to the battlefield. There are few tanks better armored these days than most celebrities, who are fully prepared to fend off all attempts to see any side of them but the faces they want you to see. And what is the President if not a celebrity operating at the highest levels of consequence? So one thing TIME's Diana Walker can tell you is that a successful White House photographer is one who is close enough...
...number of students who remain unfazed by such trivialities. These young men possess something they modestly call “perspective.” They have marched for miles upon miles, from dawn to dusk, with heavy packs on their backs. They have been left in the jungle to fend for themselves for days at a time. They have launched mortars without blinking an eye. They have learned the futility of complaining. These are Harvard undergraduate veterans, international students who came to Cambridge with military service under their belts...
Seven-foot rookie center Brian Cusworth continued his fast-track development on Saturday, scoring eight of Harvard’s final 13 points off the bench to help the Harvard men’s basketball team fend off host Stony Brook...
...Strings of the haughty beasts speeded up European exploration of the continent's interior, and helped open it up for ranchers. Shipped over en masse from what is now Pakistan, these dromedaries delivered freight and carried mail, and when superseded by motor vehicles, were turned loose and left to fend for themselves. Ideally suited to the rough desert conditions of Australia's interior, the hardy beasts soon bred themselves into a vast, wild population of at least 200,000?the world's largest...
...such as brentandbeckysbulbs.com or johnscheepers.com For best results, plant tulips as soon as night temperatures drop to about 40, before the ground freezes. Choose bulbs that feel hard all around, and plant them in direct sun, 4 in. to 6 in. apart in well-drained soil. Bonus tip: to fend off hungry squirrels, rub the bulbs in hot sauce...