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...thousands flock to Harvard today and tomorrow for the Regatta, the yearly routine of strengthening the Yard's ramparts and turning the houses into veritable bunkers begins. After all, we Harvardanians must be protected...
...problem with moral lectures by politicians is not just the clang effect. Once politicians cross the threshold and begin to preach, it becomes natural for the flock to demand of the preachers an accounting of their private lives, if only to see how the pulpit pounders live up to their own proclaimed standards. And that in turn legitimates our current obsession with what is euphemistically called character but is really a prurient interest in the private lives -- actually, the private vices -- of our leaders. Campaigns turn into spectacles of dueling peccadilloes and mutual muckraking. The end result of this orgy...
Noticeably missing from the rankings are more well-known urban centers where recent graduates typically flock for employment, such as Boston, New York City and Los Angeles...
Yummy spent the last three days of his life on the run. Gang members shuttled him between safe houses and abandoned buildings as police swooped down on the neighborhood, searching for the shooter, followed by a flock of reporters. Gang leaders felt the pressure. "He was like a trapped animal with everyone after him," says Knox. "He was the hunter, and then he was the prey...
...Wrigley Field cheering 27 men in suits -- plus the mercurial Marge Schott of the Cincinnati Reds -- as they bicker over revenue sharing. But put Ken Griffey or Barry Bonds or Frank Thomas in a Motel Six parking lot in North Dakota with a bat and ball, and fans will flock. Maybe Greg Maddux or Jimmy Key will show up to do the pitching. That's the enduring glory of baseball -- it has survived war, fixed games, the Depression, racial segregation, beer commercials and artificial turf. A sign held aloft at Yankee Stadium last week said it all: THE GAME...