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...dreaming of a white Christmas, head to Nub's Nob in northern Michigan. Overlooking Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay, Nub's Nob has the same likelihood of snowfall as any other resort. With 141 of its own patented snow guns, though, Nub's Nob can turn 7.2 million gal. of water into white magic every day. The reliably skiable snow on its 41 trails won the resort kudos from Ski magazine...
...seemed to me to take it a lot more seriously than I did," says Sheldon Stern, a retired historian from the John F. Kennedy Library. "I found it hard to believe that this could be a serious possibility, given the troubles he's already had and, more importantly, the likelihood of post-presidential troubles...
...available in the respective mother countries. Evidence from slave ship revolts ? collected as part of the transatlantic slave trade database project (now available on CD-ROM from Cambridge University Press) ? suggests that African cohesiveness in resistance to the trade increased over the decades so that there was much more likelihood of a slave ship rebellion being successful in the second half of eighteenth century than a century earlier. From a broad five century perspective, everyone in the Atlantic World broadened their concept of the collective self, but for nearly four centuries of the Atlantic slave trade, collective identities were divided...
...injunction is upheld, Napster may be forced to fold. By the time the case reaches the Supreme Court, as it is likely to do, the company may be only a hazy memory in most computer users' minds. On the other hand, if Napster staves off the injunction, then the likelihood of a settlement with the record industry increases considerably. "Remember, as a lawyer I may be interested in this case because it raises policy issues," says Boies, "But from the client standpoint, what they want to do is get on with their business...
...Olympics. His roll of honor started in Los Angeles in 1984. In between he has posted nine world championships. "You have to be single-minded about what you're trying to achieve," he says. After his semifinal victory, he looked relaxed, and smiled as he said, "There's a likelihood this could be my last Olympics." Unless someone ticks him off again...