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...hasn’t traveled far from last year, when he advanced to the NCAA semifinals wearing Crimson and after playing home matches mere yards from Bright...
...collective groan that rose in the damp air expressed more than mere disappointment. Losing its third bid in 20 years to host the summer games was bad enough for Paris, but to lose to London seemed the cruellest of fates. Just two weeks ago, British Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to sign off on an EU budget that continues to commit the largest part of its revenues to agricultural subsidies that flow liberally to France. Last week, Britain commemorated - with some delicacy - the 200th anniversary of Lord Nelson's routing of Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar. The traditional rival across...
This week, we return with another set of postcards, but of a slightly less exotic sort. Five out of the six postcards come from editors spending the summer within the United States, and our only international writer is a mere hundred miles north of the border. We hope, however, that these pieces make your reconsider familiar places...
...result of the law, Lions Gate, distributor of Michael Moore’s documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11,” pulled some of its ads for the film before the Republican National Convention. Why? The ads had featured President Bush hitting a golf ball. The mere image of Bush in the ad ran afoul of McCain-Feingold...
...Lincoln's stories provided more than mere amusement. Drawn from his own experiences and the curiosities reported by others, they frequently conveyed practical wisdom that his listeners could remember and repeat. For instance, when the Civil War was coming to an end and the debate began over what to do with the rebel leaders, Lincoln wished they could somehow "escape the country," even though he could not say this publicly. "As usual," General William Sherman recalled, "he illustrated his meaning by a story: 'A man once had taken the total-abstinence pledge. When visiting a friend, he was invited...