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...Bartley’s Gourmet Burgers, a renowned Square institution, has an extensive and very good menu of high-quality burgers named after politicians, professors, and other notables. Make no mistake, these are tasty burgers—we like the simple “Mitt Romney” with cheese and grilled onions, but there are options to suit any fancy. The frappes, fries, and onion rings are similarly scrumptious...
...People are going to write about that. But they were very close before, and now they're tied. That's not really a big change. Schools are pretty stable, and the top schools have the resources to continue to draw the best students and graduate them at a high rate year after year. It's hard to move big institutions to a great degree...
...there a school that's been moving slowly and steadily up the list that may strike new readers as being surprisingly high up? Schools like Washington University and the University of Southern California have had slow and steady climbs up the national-university list by making across-the-board improvements. One school that's going to surprise people is the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. It's both a top Up and Coming school and No. 4 in the Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching [list]. That's a school that isn't one of the name brands but is up there...
...half-day Peppermint Bay Cruise, tel: (61-3) 6231 5113, which departs from the Hobart Cruise Centre at Sullivan's Cove. Heading out into the estuary of the Derwent River can be hair-raising when the Southern Ocean is choppy, but it's bearable on a large, luxury, high-speed catamaran. Soon you enter the tranquil waters of the d'Entrecasteaux Channel - named by early French explorers, who had friendly contact with local Aborigines before the British arrived and devastated the indigenous culture. While you lap up the historical commentary, you'll spot seals, dolphins and white-breasted sea eagles...
...There were some bright spots. Turnout in the northern provinces was extremely high - some districts were reporting 100% turnout by mid-afternoon. Residents of Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, which is at the center of the Taliban insurgency, defied a Taliban directive not to vote and turned out by the hundreds, according to a voter reached by phone. "Yes, the Taliban has told us that if we vote, they will cut off our fingers, but I don't care," says Assadullah, 24. Fellow voter Golalai Khan, 29, agrees, saying, "We need to vote, as it says...