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Watched for more eagerly than the Second Coming, the divorce of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley was heralded again last week when the Daily Mirror, one of England's highest selling newspapers, announced that Presley, incensed over a jaunt Jackson took to Europe with two young boys, had called it quits. Both Presley and Jackson, who recently demonstrated their obviously genuine affection for each other in one of Jackson's music videos, denied they'd split (and the boys' father said Jackson was just an old family friend). But that didn't stop the New York tabloids from jumping...
...bitter-sweet week for the Harvard women's team, which went 1-4 on its spring break jaunt to California. The Crimson--ranked 35th nationally--defeated a higher-ranked opponent in Cal-Santa Barbara, 5-4, but dropped a disappointing 5-4 decision to Fresno State...
President Clinton, on a two-day jaunt to Indonesia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, downplayed U.S. concerns over human rights in China in favor of an issue on which the 18 participating nations could agree -- enforcing the U.S. nuclear-freeze accord with North Korea. After one-on-one talks with presidents and prime ministers of several Asian countries -- including key U.S. trading partners China, Japan and South Korea -- Clinton won pledges for continued pressure on Pyongyang to halt and ultimately dismantle its nuclear program. (The group has already endorsed the deal; Clinton aides are now negotiating...
This concluding vignette ends his vacation-like jaunt with a crash against the brick wall of mortality. But that still can't shake Moretti's take-it-as- it-comes philosophy. For this engaging artist, in life as on a scooter, the journey is the adventure...
Harvard returned early Monday morning from a weekend jaunt to Virginia where it went 1-1. The team defeated Davidson, 1-0, on Saturday. In Sunday's matchup against UVA--a top-ten team--the Crimson forced the Cavaliers to overtime before falling...