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...junior said that she and her three room-mates in Adams House have circumvented College rules to house a pet rabbit named Lobster in their room since the beginning of the year...
...Lobster is a cheery face to come home to," the junior said. "And she never complains about homework...
Before it became an expensive delicacy, lobster was dismissed as poor people's food. This summer the crustacean is once again food for the poor. A surplus of the seafood has lowered the price that Maine lobstermen earn for their catch to as little as $1.50 per lb., at least $1 less than usual. Angry about the going rate, fishermen have given away more than a ton of lobsters to local charities. Prices are falling because demand has failed to keep up with an overabundant catch. The slumping economy has hurt tourism in New England, and families have been avoiding...
...White House served up native corn bread, lobster, beef and raspberries. Gorbachev ate it all with gusto. Clean-plate man. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger eyed him across the State Dining Room and thought the Russian looked remarkably serene given his troubles back home. Other Soviet experts listened to Gorbachev's long toast of muted optimism, almost a plea for true friendship, and sensed that he was a little less confident than on his Washington visit in 1987. Showtime is over, and a political animal like Gorbachev has a hard time descending to the boiler room where the work...
...demeanor, Wuer Kaixi was the obvious choice as poster boy of the overseas democracy movement after he escaped from the mainland nearly a year ago. Since then, however, the young dissident has lost some of his hero's aura, and his rumored peccadilloes -- spending dissident funds on a lavish lobster dinner, faking illness during press conferences to avoid tough questions, and hyperinflating the number of students killed last year -- have been well chronicled in the press. But he is the wiser for it. "It was hard, but that's what press freedom is all about," Wuer, 22, said cheerfully last...