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...nothing prepared them for the shock of hearing that an American submarine, nuclear-powered and laden with the world's most sophisticated electronic gear, sprang without warning out of the waters near Hawaii, smashing into and sinking the Ehime Maru, a training vessel from the Uwajima Fisheries High School. Nine local men and boys are still lost at sea. As more and more incomprehensible details about the incident became known?the surfacing exercise was for the entertainment of visitors, two civilians were at the controls, the submarine crew appeared to make no effort to take survivors aboard, the search...
...exactly how the west was won. But going up against such a high level of competition may yet prove beneficial to Harvard as it prepares to kick its spring season into full gear...
...spends some of her leisure time jamming with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a musical group composed of such fellow best-selling writers as Stephen King, Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson and Mitch Albom, who give charity concerts, usually for literacy projects. Tan's trademark song, which she performs in dominatrix gear, is a version of Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walking. This high-stepping, whip-cracking woman worries about breaking crystal wineglasses? "I am," Tan says, conjuring a lifetime of joys and sadnesses, "my mother's daughter...
...depressing cycle moves up another gear... At least eight Israelis were killed and a number injured Wednesday when a Palestinian bus driver deliberately ploughed his vehicle into a crowd at a bus stop near Tel Aviv. Although an unknown radical Islamic group claimed responsibility for the attack, the Palestinian Authority claimed that the 34-year-old driver, who had worked for an Israeli bus company for five years, had acted alone. The driver was captured by Israeli security forces as he tried to flee back to Gaza...
...definition, alters the social dynamic. (The producers of "Big Brother" desperately changed the rules of the game on the fly to revive its ratings.) Last year, Richard Hatch, an experienced diver, increased his chances of winning (as he eventually did) when his tribe won a set of snorkeling gear, which allowed him to catch fish for his hungry victims. Do his opponents have a case against the producers for offering a prize that played to his strengths? Would he have had a case if his team had won a case of tuna fish and a can opener instead? There...