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Americans should also be careful about Bush's ram-it-and-jam-it, get-real style of pre-emptive global law enforcement--Wyatt Earp on a mission of Napoleonic Wilsonianism. On the other hand, humility and self-doubt can get you killed in a dangerous world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right to Wear T Shirts | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...excuse to make merry. The wicked and corrupt advisor to Persia’s King Ahasuerus, as told in Jewish scriptures, Haman failed in his plan to eradicate the Jews. But everybody wins with Haman’s namesake, the hamantaschen, a delectable triangular-shaped cookie filled with fruit jam (usually prune) or poppy seed. The Yiddish name means the pocket of Haman; in Hebrew, the slightly more daring name is oznei Haman (ears of Haman). The best of these now line the shelves of Brookline bakeries...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hats Off! | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...indulgence ($6.99). The 24 oz. bread can feed many people or one famished chocolate lover. Large packages of neatly rolled rugalach ($5.99) are as promising as the babka. For those who have fallen in love with the hamantaschen filling, The Butcherie sells small containers of apricot, prune and apple jam, as well as the poppy seed, sold by weight. Signs for Purim foods were plastered everywhere, above hamantaschen, Israeli chocolate bars and gum drops. “At my house, we give friends and family sweets for the holiday,” explained my companion Barbara Magid. Purim went beyond...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hats Off! | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

Sophomore Javier Arteaga started the game for the Crimson, but struggled and was relieved by senior Matt Self with the bases loaded in the first inning. Self—who pitched four solid innings of relief—got Harvard out of the jam with a strikeout and a double play...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Goes 2-1 In Florida to Start Season | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

...Americans should also be careful about Bush's ram-it-and-jam-it, get-real style of pre-emptive global law enforcement - Wyatt Earp on a mission of Napoleonic Wilsonianism. On the other hand, humility and self-doubt can get you killed in a dangerous world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right to Wear T Shirts | 3/10/2003 | See Source »

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