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...Hips that the Red Guards have caught Old Whore, a local woman accused of prostitution, and will parade her through the streets to the place of public denunciations and punishment. White Cat is excited at the promised spectacle, as is everyone in the town; a bleak place like Dismount Fort offers few public diversions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: ALIEN LAND | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...Outer Banks of North Carolina. Lancaster spent his childhood on a tobacco farm and his adulthood in the naval reserves. In so doing, he embodied the two economic pillars of many rural districts throughout the South: agriculture and the military. In Congress he lovingly cared for eastern Carolina's Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune. And he defended subsidies for tobacco, peanuts and hogs (one of the district's biggest exporters was called Carolina Oink Express...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY THE DEMOCRATIC CENTER CAN'T HOLD | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Even when the team lost to Bucknell, Colby B. Skelton '98 managed to break Harvard's receiving record. At the same time, the defensive unit, including Jeffrey G. Compas '98, Timothy M. Fleiszer '98, Christopher K. Schaefer '98 and Christopher D. Smith '98, has been valiantly holding down the fort. And while Captain Brendan L. Bibro '98 has not played since being injured at Holy Cross earlier in the season, he has by no means been down for the count; his leadership and encouragement from the sidelines have been of special value to the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: O'er the Ivies, Football Holds Sway | 11/20/1997 | See Source »

...tackled more controversial issues, she has come under heavy criticism, as did Eleanor Roosevelt more than a half-century ago. Her book, It Takes a Village, has inspired many acts of kindness. She will be remembered as one of America's most admired First Ladies. JOHN E. MILLER JR. Fort Lauderdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 10, 1997 | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...addition, good defensemen make good penalty killers. Harvard should be able to prevent their opponents from clicking with the man advantage especially with the seniors holding the fort...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: After Last Season's Growing Pains, M. Hockey Looks to Regain Glory | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

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