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...show, a spin-off of the BBC’s hit of the same name, gives two teams—one made up of family, the other of friends—the opportunity to pick a date for the lonely heart of their nearest and dearest. The teams roam around the single’s hometown searching for willing parties to play potential soul-mate. Each team then chooses a perfect partner who is taken on two fabulous dates caught on camera. Blossoming romance or no, the lucky singleton must then give the verdict on whether family or friends make...
...Chiclets head straight for the refugee encampment on the mesa. These people are the subject of one of Col. Walker's personal crusades. They were relocated to this dusty, windswept plateau, two miles from the nearest water, by a European NGO which promised to build them housing here. Since then they have languished in patchwork tents, neglected and forgotten. If Walker hadn't come up with a two month supply of wheat this summer, they would have starved to death by now. The Chiclets are trying to arrange permanent housing for them before winter hits; just in case, Col. Walker...
...pitch for 3 in the United Kingdom nevertheless emphasizes a number of flashy features, like those video calls, plus video clips of English Premier League football delivered to your phone every time your favorite team scores, and maps that move with you as they direct you to the nearest...
Harvard has followed its recipe for success for the most part this season. The Crimson’s worst departure came at the most crucial time of the season—when it played its nearest regional rival B.C. and Ivy rival Princeton. The timing was especially surprising because the team had just come off a weekend of dominant performances against California and New Hampshire, two teams that ultimately won regular season conference championships...
...will do best to retire. I do not suggest doing away with Veterans’ Day altogether, and I certainly don’t suggest abandoning long weekends. But we would do well to adopt the British custom of observing Veterans’ Day with quiet dignity on the nearest Sunday to Nov. 11. (You sense, reading the VA website’s rhapsodic description of British observations of the day, that the VA thinks this would be a good idea, too.) And in lieu of those Monday holidays the Uniform Holidays Bill created, we might adopt the British custom...