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...like cable; with his wide-set eyes and square jaw, lvanek makes him appear almost Wagnerian in his stupidity. Presumably it is Dolson's duty, as the young idealist, the "hotheaded seminarian," to fight ceaselessly and crudely for truth, justice and the American way-sometime after his daily ten-mile run, presumably it is our duty to be charmed by the natural simplicity of his tantrums as when he a onetime bisexual, melodramatically denounces the Monsignor as a "homophobic autocral...
Former Olympians Andrew Sudduth '85, Kevin Still, and Jeane blanagan were among the 550 competitors representing 42 clubs and colleges from the U.S. and Canada who took turns rowing timed five mile pieces on bicycle-wheel ergometers...
Before the farms there was the tall grass, and before that the boundless wind and whipsawing climates, and before that mile-thick blankets of ice. "A prairie never rests for long, nor does it permit anything else to rest," wrote John Madson in his book Where the Sky Began, an eloquent evocation of the changing heartland and its people. "Those first Europeans had no basis for even imagining wild fields through which a horseman might ride westward for a month or more." The land enlarged their spirits and made them prosper...
...believes that the most vital sections of the rail line would survive. Says Dole: "There may be a considerable amount of interest on the part of local and state authorities to pick up the service." The most likely region to keep its trains rolling would be the 455-mile Northeast corridor between Boston and Washington, where 120-m.p.h. Metroliners and other trains carry more than half of all Amtrak riders...
...Administration's proposal drew instant fire from passengers and Amtrak officials. "It's really ridiculous," said Ross Capon, executive director of the National Association of Railroad Passengers. Amtrak executives argued that shutting down the 23,600-mile system could cost more than running it, at least in the short term. The line has $3.1 billion in assets, including train cars and stations, that Amtrak officials say would be worth almost nothing if passenger service becomes extinct. In addition, more than 25,000 workers would demand some $2.1 billion in severance...