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...Crimson won the coin toss before the game and opted to go with strong gust at its back to start the game. But even though Harvard more than doubled Princeton's time of possession, it was the Tigers who lit up the scoreboard--despite going against the wind...
...best argument still is the closure's potential economic impact. Four other naval facilities in the city are also on the list and closing them all would, supporters claim, wipe out 27% of the area's jobs and 1 of every 3 payroll dollars in the region. In a gust of rhetoric that would make a soap- opera writer blush, Mayor Joe Riley Jr. says the city could begin to die "and the tumbleweeds of broken dreams and shattered lives blow down the street...
Danny Rubin's story is a clever metaphorical fable about moviemaking. Actors endure endless retakes of the same scene, with new improvs, trying to keep it fresh on the umpteenth take. Eventually, Phil knows the action so well, he can literally direct it: "A gust of wind. A dog barks." And finally he is the writer, changing history by anticipating it. But this Chinese-puzzle-box movie has a deeper message inside. It says that most folks' lives are like Phil's on Groundhog Day: a repetition, with the tiniest variations, of ritual pleasures and annoyances. Routine is the metronome...
...barricade? Clearly not to keep out freshmen. Buried in the story's jumps is a sentence stating that "some upper-class students said that barricading the doors was actually an effort to reduce drafts." When the doors in question are opened, the accompanying gust of wind makes people at nearby tables shiver. In winter our superintendent posts a sign stating that the doors are not to be used. The recent cold snap was unusually early, and the sign...
...went outside for the first time to the grey, wet and devastating day. I was in shock at the destruction that had occurred: Trees were uprooted and scattered as if they were leaves blown about by an autumn gust of wind. Power lines and traffic lights were down everywhere, or hanging very low. Nothing would ever be the same...