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...snowed on my dad's birthday before, which is April 18, so I guess I'm used to it," said Jennie E. Connery '99, who lives in Massachusetts. "But I don't like...
...Crossan and Funk have put themselves in the position of "jigsaw-puzzle solvers who are presented with 27 pieces of a thousand-piece puzzle and find that only six or seven of the pieces even fit together." A reasonable person, he maintains, would "put those pieces together, make some guess about what that part of the puzzle might be about and then modestly decline overspeculation about the pieces that don't fit." Instead, "these solvers ... throw away the central piece ... and then bring in pieces from other puzzles [i.e., apocryphal manuscripts]. Finally, they take this jumble of pieces, sketch...
...raised more than its fair share of practical difficulties over the years. At home over vacation, I was reminded of the many times in high school when I cringed at the sound of the telephone, fearing the timeless question, "Is Corinne there?" knowing that I would have to guess which Corinne the caller was hoping to speak to. I would inevitably fail half the time, and in typical high school fashion, I was always mortified...
...that prostate-cancer rates are higher in northern climates, possibly because of less exposure to sunlight and a corresponding decrease in the production of vitamin D, he spends more time outside and at the beach. "Of course," he concedes, "we have to balance skin cancer with prostate cancer, I guess...
...manner to men's assumed ineptitude in things domestic, notably cooking. Had a male commentator reported with the same dismissive derision that a woman was incompetent at checking the oil in her car, he would be decried, vilified, crucified and possibly emulsified for making such a sexist remark. I guess women do not like men in the kitchen any more than men like women in the boardroom. FRANK J. BRADLEY Dallas...