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...Schumer Pads: Protective gear has been ordered for new majority leader Tom Daschle to protect him from New York Senator Chuck Schumer. More opportunities in front of the camera as the new majority leader means bumps and bruises from Schumer, whose rapacious appetite for the cameras can mean contusions for anyone standing...
...Wright premiering the Sims Online, Sid Meier unveiling Civilization III or Mr. Miyamoto and his mysterious Nintendo Game Cube games. They can't wait to see what kind of a show-stopper Microsoft's X-box is, or whether last year's best of show, the still-unfinished Metal Gear Solid 2 for the PlayStation2, can live up to its Daikatana-sized expectations...
When the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) sit-in began, some feared that the protest might end like the University Hall takeover in 1969—with Cambridge city police and Massachusetts state troopers storming the building in riot gear, firing tear gas and clubbing protesters in an attempt to remove them from the building...
...Then, on Tuesday afternoon, the sit-in ended as members of PSLM left Mass. Hall claiming victory and vowing to keep up the fight for a living wage. Within a matter of hours, all but two of the tents had been taken down and unclaimed gear had been stowed in a basement closet in nearby Matthews Hall...
...happily drive out through Jackson, up over the incredible Teton pass (hammering the little chainsaw engine they put in this pipsqueak car as it tries in vain to find the right gear for going 70 mph up a 10 percent grade). I savagely step on the gas and dare it to blow a gasket, reveling in the guilt-free/worry-free magic of a rental car. I come over the hill into Idaho, not really knowing what to expect. To my left are the shining Rocky Mountains, sun glinting down through the clouds, a tremendous early spring day. To my right...