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...coming from a fellow who went to a Swiss boarding school, who favors Hermes ties and who's married to Teresa Heinz of the condiment megafortune. With the public at large, Kerry has yet to make much of an impression. Polls show him planted in the middle of the pack of six (thus far) declared candidates. But the Democratic cognoscenti are beginning to think that Kerry just might...
...materialism but no ideology. So the Chinese guests seek some sort of nostalgia for how they thought it once was." At his restaurant and hotel, Brahm has succeeded where even master propagandist Jiang failed: he has erased the tragedy and rendered the revolution perfect. He points to an empty pack of official Communist Party cigarettes glued to the wooden armrest of a vintage easy chair. "What I am trying to do is recreate a mood, a dream of the 1950s innocence when idealism was building postrevolutionary China. I want to capture the essence of how people lived then...
...Operation Mongoose wore on, it became apparent that Adhi Ghar was intended as a large-scale, long-term rebel base. Soldiers blew up six arms caches hidden in the caves and found vast stores of food and other supplies. The rebels had pack mules and their own flock of sheep. "They had mutton," says Raziq. "They were eating a lot better than we were." Strategically, the base was perfectly located for attacks against American troops. It lies within striking range of several special-forces camps and a large U.S. air base in Kandahar. As an added advantage, it was just...
...playing field, since many other schools—including Yale and Brown—offer similar scholarship grants. Although we can laud ourselves for finally catching up with our competitors, Harvard—with its enormous endowment—ought to be in the business of leading the pack where financial aid is concerned...
Only co-captain backstroker Dan Shevchik captured the top spot in multiple individual events. Shevchik took first in the 100-yard backstroke by 1.26 seconds and swam away with the 200-yard event, touching the wall 7.36 seconds ahead of the pack and leading a Harvard sweep of the top three positions...