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...even the most critically-minded Harvard students. “The reality of heavy drinking,” he warns veteran lushes without a hint of irony, is one in which naïve first-years end up “intubated in an emergency room because their autonomic nervous system has shut down and they can’t breathe...

Author: By Blake Jennelle, | Title: In Defense of Drunkenness | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

Peljto spent two weeks revisiting favorite childhood places, including her old house and family vacation spots. Though initially nervous about returning after her extended absence, the feeling quickly dissipated...

Author: By Lisa Kennelly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Peljto Fulfills Long-time Ambition | 11/20/2002 | See Source »

...turned out even better than the White House had anticipated. Once Bush hit the campaign trail, Republican candidates played up their advantages on national-security issues to voters nervous about terrorism and the threat posed by Iraq. Democrats tried to focus on the economy, but the party never settled on an alternative to Bush's policies of big tax cuts and increased spending. "The most important thing was the message that we were trying to articulate," says Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the top deputy to Daschle. "It did not go any place. People were more interested in Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2002: The Battle Hymn Of......The Republicans | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...wasn’t nervous,” he said. “They paid for everything, of course...

Author: By Ben A. Black, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Wins Thousands on ‘Millionaire’ | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...nervous for him—I didn’t really get nervous until right before he got on. Scott wasn’t nervous at all until the very morning of, and then I think it hit him,” Boyce said...

Author: By Ben A. Black, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Senior Wins Thousands on ‘Millionaire’ | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

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