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...members, whom colleagues and commanders praised for their flying skills and professionalism. And all the 35 EA-6B flyers interviewed said they had never heard of anyone flying too low, too fast or doing improper stunts--what Marine pilots call "flat hatting." It did strike some Pentagon officials as peculiar that there is a nickname for something the pilots say they never do and never heard of others doing. Officials also point out that another EA-6B squadron in Italy last year apparently videotaped some of its own flat hatting. A Marine commander who in the wake of the tragedy...
When those portentous white envelopes slide underneath the doors of anxious first-years tomorrow morning, the randomization experiment will be nearly complete. The Class of 1999 was the guinea pig of the historic change in housing policy that has served to eliminate the peculiar characters of the residential houses; after the Class of 2001 rises to sophomore status this September, the only vestiges of jock culture in Mather House will be its glorious weight room, and Adams House will be left with nothing more artistic than psychedelic hallways and a pool theater...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, made a most peculiar statement in The Crimson last Friday (March 13) when discussing the new Lowell House master, Diana L. Eck. Lewis said, "There's a natural resonance between her scholarly life and the position she will be taking at the head of this very diverse House...
...extraordinary man, a lifelong technocrat who was purged twice, then clawed his way to the top, despite irking cadres across the country with his abrasive personality and his low tolerance for dishonesty and inefficiency. At stake is the very future of the Communist Party and the viability of its peculiar experiment in free-market socialism. But by all accounts, Zhu is one of the few top leaders who have the drive and decisiveness to hold the system together. Admired from Tokyo to Washington for his brains, integrity and ability to cut through swaths of red tape...
...members, whom colleagues and commanders praised for their flying skills and professionalism. And all the 35 EA-6B flyers interviewed said they had never heard of anyone flying too low, too fast or doing improper stunts -- what Marine pilots call "flat hatting." It did strike some Pentagon officials as peculiar that there is a nickname for something the pilots say they never do and never heard of others doing...