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...Auden's and Hardy's poems by heart. But Hector also encourages them to sing Gracie Fields songs, to enact scenes from '40s film romances and, in a hilarious set piece, to polish their French by improvising an encounter in a brothel. Despite his peccadilloes - like the occasional grope when he takes them for a ride on his motorbike - the boys cherish Hector. He has given them the vocation, the job and the joy of "breaking bread with the dead"; to be infused by the culture handed down to them. "Mr. Hector's stuff's not meant for the exam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One For The Books | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...From there on out, it was a group grope,” he said. “My task as the project director was to try to cull from these discussions areas of agreement and to build the document around these areas of agreement and to try to discern what would represent a centrist, bipartisan position...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Summers Commission Urges Common Ground | 3/22/2004 | See Source »

...grope his way out of the wilderness, O'Neill turned to his old friends from the Ford Administration, Alan Greenspan and Dick Cheney. According to the book, Greenspan agreed with many of his proposals but could not do much from his Delphian perch. When O'Neill sought guidance from the Vice President about how to install a system that would foster vigorous and transparent debate, he got grumbles and silence but little sympathy. Soon O'Neill concluded that his powerful old colleague was rowing in a different direction."I realized why Dick just nodded along when I said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions Of A White House Insider | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...could buy T shirts reading WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT? with the date, confirming New York's position as the capital of capitalism. Meanwhile, half a world away, the few residents of Baghdad who had electricity sat stuck to their TV sets, watching the superpower grope in the dark. "We stayed up for an hour watching it," said a taxi driver, "until the electricity shut down." --Reported by Amanda Bower, Sean Gregory and Jyoti Thottam/New York; Laura Eggertson/Ottawa; Steven Frank/Toronto; Elisabeth Kauffman/Nashville; Eric Roston, Douglas Waller and Mark Thompson/Washington; Fran Stewart/Cleveland; and Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blackout '03: Lights Out | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

Glistening, toned coeds grope each other shamelessly in full view, trendy clothing barely clinging to their effortlessly beautiful figures. Sweaty muscled men frolic, daring passers-by to glance. No, it’s not a performance of Eleganza, but rather the ubiquitous Abercrombie store window, displaying the clothes you have, and the body you wish...

Author: By K. Romero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Career Goals: 1) Great Abs, 2) Better Gluts, 3) Develop Team-Building Skills | 4/17/2003 | See Source »

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