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...security bump up against the safeguards of personal liberty, clashes have been breaking out around the country over where to draw the line. Librarians are alerting visitors that their Internet surfing or book borrowing may be monitored by the government. Nearly 100 towns and counties, plus the state of Hawaii, have passed resolutions condemning the USA Patriot Act, the post-9/11 law that greatly expanded federal powers to conduct the war on terrorism...
Global insecurity and other travel concerns haven't slowed the long-distance wedding march. Couples are saying their "I dos" in Europe, Mexico, Hawaii and California's wine country, but the most popular destinations seem to be Florida and the Caribbean. Resorts and wedding planners in both areas report growth rates of 40% to 80% over the past two years. The Westin St. John Resort & Villas was host to 176 weddings in 2002, more than double the number in 2001. Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, off the Florida Keys, welcomed only 12 weddings in 1997 but had 153 last year...
...major risk factor for acquiring the infection is breathing. In the absence of an effective drug or vaccine, we know that some infectious diseases similarly transmitted by the respiratory route have wreaked havoc: 20-40 million deaths from the influenza pandemic of 1918, the decimation of the population of Hawaii by the first introduction of measles and the lingering epidemic of tuberculosis that afflicts 8 million people annually now. Even with good vaccines, 36,000 people died in the U.S. last year from influenza, and even with good drugs for tuberculosis, over 2 million people died worldwide. The good news...
...Crimson did just that, securing an opportunity to defend its national championship in Hawaii. In that team race championship, Harvard finished 17-0, while Tufts came in second at 13-4. Those roles were reversed earlier this season at the Friis Trophy; during that team racing event on Lake Mystic, the Jumbos captured first place and the Crimson ended up in third after losing a tiebreaker with Yale...
...caught a pass one-handed and even got to show off his throwing arm (something Crimson fans were used to) by tossing a touchdown pass. The Hula Bowl also reunited Morris with his former college quarterback, Neil Rose, who lives in Hawaii and got in a few snaps...