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...fast-walking rhythm so often used by the Man in Black, and presages by many years his hits about Folsom and San Quentin prisons. (Of course, I'll always forgive Cash for such lapses because of his oft-quoted quote about Jones, with whom he spent many a misspent mile on the road in their early careers: "Who's your favorite singer?" Cash is asked. "You mean," he responds, "apart from George Jones...
...Tanzim gunmen crouched at the side of the house. They aimed their Russian-made Kalashnikov rifles at the hilltop, where the edge of the Jewish settlement of Bracha glowed faintly through the trees. The bullets whizzed harmlessly through the night. At a range of half a mile, and fired by inexpert marksmen, they were no great threat. Minutes later, the Tanzim cleared out, leaving the residents of this small street on the edge of Nablus to face Israel's retribution. A heavy machine gun ripped through the metal gate that had provided the gunmen with their cover. Across the street...
That struggle may have started its last mile on the road to success last month, when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that teaching fellows at private universities are eligible to organize (teaching fellows at public universities, covered by state rather than federal law, have been in recognized unions for over 30 years). With this decision, Harvard TFs are now legally able to form a union. If they consider this option, the Harvard community should reflect on the shameful response to the graduate student union movement at Yale to avoid replicating the sorry experiences of our colleagues in Connecticut...
...even a mile from Allston-Brighton," she said. "We're only over the bridge...
...Goodheart came to Harvard from New Rochelle, New York, a posh New York City suburb near the Long Island Sound where he lived within less than a mile of three country clubs...