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...overnight-camp and dorm-room markets constitute our equivalent of the Christmas retail season. It’s not difficult to imagine myself as one of the young men sifting through racks of twin-extra-long sheets; I distinctly remember taking it as a good omen that my sheet pattern bore the name “Harvard.” Now, aside from the “Cambridge” quilt pattern, omens of any kind are few and far between in the bedding department...
...back some of the Macedonian civilians forced by the rebels to flee their homes. And while that may have averted the immediate threat of an inevitably bloody offensive by the Macedonian security forces to drive out the insurgents, the latest cease-fire may be little more than a holding pattern until the next outbreak of fighting. The larger objective of a political accord to facilitate peaceful coexistence between the Macedonian majority and the country's ethnic-Albanian minority appears more remote than ever...
...Congressman's behavior has always been the subject of gossip among his legislative colleagues--first at the state capital, Sacramento, and later in Washington. "A flamboyant party boy who uses his prestige as an assemblyman to fuel a busy social life," California Journal had written in 1988. The pattern continued when he reached Congress. "His looks and clothes are so important to him," says a friend. "He so desperately wants to stay young...
...seemingly sinister symbolic actions. Some popular media accounts blame this issue as the straw that broke the camel’s back at last summer’s failed Camp David talks, and Ariel Sharon’s controversial visit to the site last September sparked the latest pattern of violence in the region...
...Congressman's behavior has always been the subject of gossip among his legislative colleagues - first at the state capital, Sacramento, and later in Washington. "A flamboyant party boy who uses his prestige as an assemblyman to fuel a busy social life," California Journal had written in 1988. The pattern continued when he reached Congress. "His looks and clothes are so important to him," says a friend. "He so desperately wants to stay young...