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...course, the capital of cabin fever was the capital. Monday was the day the government was to reopen. But when the day arrived, the only open shop was the Supreme Court, with Justice David Souter catching a lift to work after failing to dig his Volkswagen Rabbit out of a drift. John Sturdivant, head of the American Federation of Government Employees, speculated, "It's kind of God's revenge on the craziness of Washington...
...capping the amount of money Washington is willing to send to the states and by putting limits on the number of years a welfare recipient can draw payments, the G.O.P. is testing the theory that if the poor know they are not automatically getting payments, they will lift themselves out of poverty. Democrats warn that, with caps and limits, the poor will be devastated. Counters Besharov: "Do a lot of states have Governors who want mothers sleeping on grates? No." Could it be that giving the poor less is a way of giving them more? Daniel Bell, professor emeritus...
Dartmouth's Ivy League-leading scorer Sea Lonergan lit up lavietes Pavilion. The junior guard poured in 30 points to lift Dartmouth (5-0, 1-0 Ivy) over the Crimson, 70-61 in the first Ivy League contest of the season...
...Houghton Mifflin; $15.95), is a prize: a fascinating, beautifully drawn progression of Midwestern farmscapes showing the yearly building and slow consumption of an enormous, barn-sized haystack. Hay in a big field is cut with a tractor and sickle bar, then raked into windrows and stacked with a hydraulic lift and pitchforks. The great hay pile then serves as both food and shelter, first for cattle, then for pigs, through the long winter. There's no preaching, but important lessons are learned about work and weather, and how life might seem in the vast, busy emptiness of a prairie farm...
...Crimson played the visitors close throughout the first half, handling the full-court press admirably to stay within striking distance of the Lady Friars. With co-captain Liz Gettelman's hot hand from the outside (10 points on 4-6 shooting in the first half) providing the lift, Harvard went into the intermission holding a 48-45 advantage...