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...northern Caucasus late last month killed 23 people, including a 15-year-old girl, and wounded 144. In Rostov-on-Don, 1,100 km south of Moscow, the trial of Russian Colonel Yuri Budanov on charges of murdering an 18-year-old Chechen girl resumes next week. Both events highlight the madness of Russia's tragic Chechen quagmire...
...Poonsters continued partying the next evening, beginning with a formal dinner at Park Plaza Castle in Boston. The highlight of Saturday's dinner came when late night talk show host Conan C. O'Brien '85 addressed the crowd. Following the dinner, guests returned to the Lampoon Castle for drinks, music and dancing...
Back in 1991, before Marvel comics completely tanked creatively and financially, they gave Walt Simonson writing and penciling duties on "The Fantastic Four," issues #350, 352, 353, and 354. (Number 351 was a throwaway, "filler" issue.) I doubt the title has seen such a highlight since then. These four issues are some of the best mainstream comic entertainment I have read. And issue 352 stands alone as a pinnacle not just of the series, but the art form...
...downturn, but dotcom dropouts are in demand on the speakers' circuit. The phones are ringing for executives from Internet losers such as Yahoo and Priceline.com--if they dump their success stories and share their woes. "In the past we didn't bring up failure. Now we make it a highlight of speeches," says Michelle Lemmons-Poscente, head of the International Speakers Bureau, based in Dallas. "The best way to learn is by someone else's failures, and if there's drama involved, all the better...
...while such community initiatives are usually greeted with fanfare at unveiling ceremonies that highlight cooperation between the University and the city, plans for the Summer Academy are going forward quietly...