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...Willig’s doctoral dissertation was less patient. She continued to write Carnation through the summer of 2002, but in the fall of that year, she headed to London for a year-long academic research jaunt not unlike that of Eloise Kelly in her novel...
...keep the snakes away. Irish roast salmon, Irish stew, and corned beef and cabbage make their way onto the menu for the big event. But the bathrooms are labeled in Irish Gaelic, so remember: Mná is for women, Fir is for men. The Plough is just a short jaunt down Mass. Ave. from Harvard Square, and definitely worth the trip...
...ultra universe has another twist: women have a physical advantage. Pamela Reed whipped Karnazes to win the 2003 Badwater Ultramarathon, a 146-mile annual jaunt through the furnace of Death Valley, Calif., that ends more than halfway up Mount Whitney and reduces many ultras to roadkill. "It isn't the power that comes into play, it's your ability to go long distance. That's where the curves get closer together," says Dr. Lewis Maharam, medical director of the New York City Marathon. Ultramarathoners eventually burn fat, and women have a higher percentage of body fat than men do, giving...
...Kings of Convenience cross the Atlantic for a short one-month jaunt in the northeast states, leaving their native Norway, where their last album, 2003’s Riot on an Empty Street sold more than 400,000 European copies. The tour is discussed in an in-depth article on www.norway.org, “Norway: the official site in the United States.” The single “Misread” overtook European MTV last summer, with its low-key unplugged melancholy and crisp, autumnal video of the band relaxing and playing music in a park...
Closing out the year with a six-day jaunt to the Middle East, University President Lawrence H. Summers told an audience in Jerusalem that instances of apparent anti-Semitism on American college campuses had declined since he first spoke on the issue more than two years...