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Last week a University of Colorado scientist announced that he had recently led an expedition on that grueling trek. Reason: to launch a new study of what could be one of the magnificent "Lost Cities" of the Andes. The remarkably well-preserved complex, known as Gran Pajaten, is thought to have been built by an advanced pre-Incan civilization almost 1,500 years ago. Archaeologist Thomas Lennon, head of the expedition, believes that once excavated, the ancient site may rival even Machu Picchu, one of the grandest Incan ruins...
...temptation towards cynicism and self-interest. As an antidote, I find myself in these last few days in Cambridge trying to remember the right choices that went into my four years here a fascinating class on American architecture, dozens of Crimsons escapades, sitting in a burnt orange Gran Torino in the middle of Mattapan at three in the morning drinking Budweiser beer out of bar bottles with two non-Harvard buddies from 'Milton. That last memory may not seem very educational, productive, or frankly, important. But it is mine. It is part of what I alone chose to do here...
Jones, Headon and Bass Player Paul Simonon are all 23; Strummer is the band's senior citizen at 25. Two come from broken homes (Jones: "I stayed with me gran and a lot of wicked aunts") and have logged long hours doing manual labor and running the streets. Even Headon, whose father was a headmaster and whose mother was a teacher, says, "I used to steal a lot and run with a gang," and figures he would be in stir today if he had not beat out 205 other drummers at a Clash audition. Out of the pieces...
Every so often each year there occurs a self-bestowed Christmas in the American home. A package arrives. The eager family gathers round to rip it open. Instead of "Blessings from Gran," the enclosed billet-doux reads...
...week. But this modest increase in pay must be approved all the way up the line from district to regional to national headquarters of the U.S. Forest Service. Then the request must be signed by the three civil service commissioners before the ranger can pocket his $12. Quips Gran quist: "It's like fine tuning a TV with a 3,000-mile-long screwdriver...