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...character. Leaving aside for the moment the question of how the Rat Pack may have gotten its name, consider: If Frank Sinatra had been angry at communists, would he have sneakily tattled on them? Of course not. He and his pal Jilly Rizzo would have headed for the nearest saloon where the dirty reds hang out, picked out the smallest and beat the living daylights...
...envision a course Web page where the student will choose the citations on the Web page of the articles they want. That would generate a print command, charge their bursar bill and then they would stop by the nearest print center to pick that up," says James S. Lawrence, custom publishing manager at the Cornell Campus Store...
Just getting there was no easy feat, since Guymon, which calls itself "An American Original," is located in a less than convenient spot--320 miles east of Santa Fe, N.M., 335 miles west of Tulsa, 125 miles north of Amarillo, Texas, and 500 miles from the Mexican border. The nearest bus stops are in Liberal, Kans., 40 miles to the north, and Stratford, Texas, 40 miles to the south. As was the case in Albert Lea, the freshly arrived immigrants had no place to stay, and the town that had never had a homeless shelter was forced to open...
...movies contending for children's movie money in this kid-glutted holiday season: with a brand loyalty earned every day for years on Nickelodeon, The Rugrats Movie has a chance to torpedo the competition. Will Disney-Pixar's entomological epic A Bug's Life run for cover under the nearest anthill? Will Babe: Pig in the City, the squeal--sorry, sequel--to the 1995 surprise hit, turn out to be so much baloney? In December, will The Prince of Egypt prove to be a hit of less than biblical proportions, and Mighty Joe Young less than all-righty...
...begin your term--education--is one in which discussion, compromise and rational action is not only possible but necessary. The major reason why the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) endorsed Harshbarger is that he drew a clear line between taking responsibility for education reform and hurling blame at the nearest targets. It is time for you to do the same...