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When normally natty JAMES BROWN was booked on a domestic-violence charge last week looking more grunge than soul, he became the latest in a motley crew of celebrity culprits...
...those of us who do not know quite where our personal staircases lead, the pressure can be uncomfortable. Not knowing how best to prepare for life in the real world, we press on with the vague notions that grades are somehow important and that we should engage in some motley assortment of extracurriculars. This indecision carries with it no shame; students who haven’t yet found a calling should not sell themselves short by faking one. Eventually, the guillotine will fall, and we must finally face our fates and enter the real world...
After a few awkward moments waiting by Out of Town News, this motley crew of argumentative youth was assembled and ready to hit the T. Not long after we passed through the MBTA turnstiles, the debates were already raging. A casual conversation on the role of the Undergraduate Council in politics and student life evolved into a passionate argument about Harvard’s ROTC policy quicker than anyone who doesn’t pronounce their “r’s” could say, “Charles/MGH...
Forty years after Kennedy’s death, a motley audience filled the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for the televised discussion, which will air later this month as a special program, “The Kennedy Presidency: History or Hype...
...seems to be enjoying himself. As the TV crews and diplomats came calling last week at the Muqata'a, Arafat's tattered Ramallah compound, his aides festooned the courtyard with streamers and draped posters of the grinning Palestinian leader on copper pipes left exposed by previous Israeli assaults. A motley collection of supporters--including Palestinian schoolchildren, a marching band and a dozen members of Arafat's Fatah Party on horseback--rallied outside the quarters, chanting Arafat's nom de guerre, Abu Amar. President Bush has declared Arafat a "failed" leader, the Israeli Cabinet has vowed to "remove" him, and Israel...