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...capacity-crowd "policy forum" and got a few hands in too. He and some of the other player-lobbyists turned up at the National Democratic Club after a long day of walking the halls. At one table they held a clinic for beginners. At another they staged a no-limit Texas Hold-'em shoot-out while fans watched and some lawmakers joined in. "It was just with play chips," said Bloch. "But then, whenever I'm at a poker table, all the chips are play chips...
After watching the men's water polo team push their bodies to the limit and implausibly comeback from a six-goal deficit in the second half, the surveyors of fate decided to deal a particularly crippling blow to the Crimson’s season...
...this shouldn’t limit Gen Ed to material only meant for the “real world” beyond graduation. Will someone sit through a class on the environment and then use that knowledge in his investment bank’s analysis of scalable oil markets? Probably...
Imagine a publisher signing a writer like Richard Ford to a three-book deal, then telling him to forget about those long, languid sentences and write punchier. Or a promoter snaring Bruce Springsteen, only to insist he limit himself to Barry Manilow covers. This kind of shackling of talent is what defined the Rugby World Cup, which ended with the unlikely England-South Africa final in Paris on Oct. 20. As frustrating a tournament as many would care to recall - up there with the worst of the soccer World Cups and their goal-less, gamesmanship-ridden ordeals - the event proved...
...cause for such hope. Each year since the University began computerizing, its use of electricity to power its over-abundance of computer monitors, printers and copiers—along with paper usage—has increased. During this same period student demand for more amenities appears to have no limit: libraries must be open 24 hours and serve lattes, buildings which have served satisfactorily for generations need to be updated to provide air-conditioning, and gymnasiums must have all the latest exercise gadgetry. These and other luxuries—out of reach for most of the world?...