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Originally scheduled to take place on the new North House terrace, the party was relocated to a patch of grass at the southern end of the Quad, because the terrace is under construction and off-limits to students. The rest of the lawn is still a giant mud hole and mountain...
Others did not find the outdoor life as enticing. Andy, a sophomore from the Midwest, says he worked in his hometown cutting grass, landscaping and doing gardening--in 95 degree heat. "It was really boring. I dreaded getting up in the morning." After all, he adds, "grass is grass...
...Chip Reid, 39, a partner in the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling, the dream house has become a reality. He and his wife and two young daughters moved into their new home in McLean, Va., last month, just as the first grass began to peep through on their newly seeded front lawn. Their dwelling, though, is more than just a cozy little nest in the suburbs. The Reids' Colonial-style house has 15 rooms, including four bedrooms, a library and an exercise center. Stereo music can be piped into each room, and, using infrared remote-control devices, the family...
...bush crackled under a punishing afternoon sun as the government patrol scoured the hillside for enemy tracks. Then they heard it: the low murmur of voices drawing closer. Below them, a file of four men -- three carrying AK-47 rifles -- slowly advanced through a yellow sea of elephant grass. Without warning, the government patrol opened fire, gunning down all four in 40 seconds. When the bodies were searched, they recovered 278 rounds of ammunition, two ivory tusks and the horns of a black rhinoceros...
...with an emery board in his hip pocket. He was captured on film, during an umpires' search, casually tossing something with his right hand while jettisoning something else with his left. A patch of sandpaper, described by the umps as "contoured for a finger," was also recovered from the grass. Niekro was ejected...