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...semifinal bouts to be posted, wondering how long we can stay in the saddle of this bucking bronco called Slam. "We" are the Los Angeles team--Thea Iberall, Poetri (yes, his name is Poetri), Jerry Quickley and I--four poets, linked by a love of words and a passion for competition. We are in Austin to sling verse and reap scores in the ninth--and largest--National Poetry Slam in history. Forty-five teams and 14 individuals are here from 26 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, all vying for cash prizes of up to $2,000 and yearlong...
...Drumcree and the shock and sorrow of the Omagh bombing, the province appears to be very much back on the track to peace. All but one of the renegade guerrilla groups have declared a cease-fire; Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has begun to renounce violence with all the passion of a would-be Nobel laureate; and just before Clinton touched down Thursday, news came through that Unionist leader and first minister David Trimble had agreed to meet face-to-face with Adams for the very first time. You can forgive Sandy Berger some hubris on the tarmac: "This...
...internal debates leading up to his testimony. As reporting came in from both Washington and around the country, we became even more excited about getting this issue to you this week rather than next. The whole process was, indeed, energizing, and we hope you'll find that passion reflected in these pages...
That meeting changed my life. Never had I met a candidate who knew with such certainty why he wanted to run. And never had I met anyone in public life who believed so passionately in the potential of politics to do good. His passion was infectious, and within a couple of weeks I found myself on the campaign plane that would become my home for the next year...
...here at Harvard. Take, for example, where you live. At Harvard, you live among thousands of people, at least a few of whom must share your interests and be attractive to you. In the "real world," that mystical place where everything seems so perfect, finding someone who shares your passion for the American Revolution or the anatomy of butterflies is rather more difficult than meeting them in class or through your extracurricular organization...