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...collegiate sports. Though Princeton and Pennsylvania occasionally pose a serious threat to opponents in the world of men's basketball, the rest of the Ivies seem to accept their status in and understand the ever-elusive nature of the NCAA Tournament. At Harvard, March Madness more aptly describes the flood of papers and exams before spring break...
...then came the flood...
Then, in the late 1920s, after a flood that spread the river 40 miles from its banks, the U.S. Congress made levee construction Washington's responsibility. Billions of tax dollars from elsewhere--probably tens of billions, in modern money--were spent constricting the Mississippi's channel, so its silt began washing straight out to sea and off the continental shelf. By the 1970s, more than half the historic sediment load was coming to a dead stop behind dozens of upriver dams--especially seven monstrous structures erected on the Missouri...
...even my publisher knew I was in the running." Lahiri, whose parents are from India, was born in London and raised in Rhode Island. Currently, she lives in New York and is working on a novel, a pursuit she was forced to suspend last week to contend with the flood of flower deliveries and phone calls. "I'm very impressed with the makers of my answering machine," she says. "I still can't believe it didn't break...
...mildly successful film. There are poignant and touching moments in this movie that speak of the awkwardness of adolescence and teenage sexuality. It is re-assuring to see a film that takes a serious look at youth and suburban culture, rather than the usual teeny romantic comedies that flood the cinema. The soundtrack, also uncharacteristically not the usual litany of teen bands, is completely produced by the French band Air, and adds a moody and nuanced touch to the film. Although falling short of its potential, The Virgin Suicides is a movie worth viewing. And as a bonus...