Word: hauntings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...That knowledge didn’t stop Thomas E. Crooks ’49, a former FAS administrator, from telling The Crimson in 1986 that ghosts haunt Holden Chapel—part of his larger theory that all of Harvard is haunted. “One time I found a pizza on John Harvard’s lap,” said Crooks, who died in 1998. “Who on earth would want to feed...
...China. Washington hates the idea, but the ending of the "bizarre and obsolete" embargo "has been announced and will materialize," one French diplomat told Time. The U.S. has also rejected the British-led effort to forgive much of the developing world's debt. Even Iraq could come back to haunt the relationship. Europe's reaction to what Bush characterized as "a stunning success" at the polls was so nuanced that it seemed to demand a compound noun all its own. If schadenfreude is pleasure at the discomfort of others, then what is discomfort at the pleasure of others? Freudenschmerz? Maleuphorie...
...clear but varied and adds some nice touches. The second Hutch story of the book, "Public Relations," has been colored in hues of rose, giving an ethereal tone to its tale of the plans for building a shopping center at the World Trade Center site and the ghosts that haunt it. One story, "The Future," about a time when email will be downloaded directly into your brain and coffee cups will have interactive features about celebrities, appears in a crude, early draft style that reveals how much goes into a finished piece. (As a result it's the weak link...
...ghosts that haunt Shea Stadium do not emerge from opponents of Octobers past, but rather from brash investments that didn’t exactly work out. If you listen carefully and try to block out the din of airplanes flying overhead from LaGuardia Airport, you can make out the whispers of Mo Vaughn, Roberto Alomar, Shawn Estes, Pedro Astacio and Jeromy Burnitz, laughing as they count their money...
...American targets. Seif, 32, is believed by many analysts and diplomats to be Gaddafi's probable political heir. He is a doctoral student at the London School of Economics, a skilled artist and a keen tennis player who frequents the courts of Tripoli's Regatta Club, a favorite beachside haunt for the city's resident expatriates and Libyan élite. With no official role in government, Seif heads the Gaddafi International Foundation, a quasi-independent organization that has negotiated hostage releases and sent relief aid around Africa. He finally persuaded his 62-year-old father to make peace with...