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...Because my father hadn't told me. The girl put the book down on the bed and walked out. I pick up the book and I see, yes, sure enough, there's Sylvia Plath, absolutely. I can't remember if suicide or not was written on the book, but I knew she had been telling the truth. Then an article was published. My father actually took me and my brother out of school so that he could tell us the truth before we read it in the papers that our mother had committed suicide. Because up until then...
...Dukes, Jeff Naughton. In its first game on Saturday, Harvard defeated Quinnipiac, 4-3, in 10 innings. The Crimson’s offense was paced by RBI doubles from juniors Tom Stack-Babich and Matt Kramer. Harvard used six pitchers to close out the victory, including Wilson, who picked up the win after 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief work. The Crimson plays its fourth game in three days today against Tampa at 1 p.m. in Tampa, Fla. Baseball America’s preseason pick to win the Ivy League begins its conference slate at Penn on March...
...three times. Fervent opposition to abortion is another must. But as governor, Reagan was pro-choice. And although pro-life by the time he entered the White House, he enraged the Christian Right by selecting a well-known social moderate, Sandra Day O'Connor, as his first Supreme Court pick. Then there's opposition to illegal immigration, another supposed Reagan legacy. Except that in 1986 Reagan signed a law granting amnesty to illegal immigrants who had lived continuously in the U.S since 1982. If John McCain, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani aren't "Reaganesque," neither - by current standards - was Reagan...
...truce has held solid with very few exceptions, affording Air France the stability needed to close the gap with competitors that had been restructuring and modernizing since the early 1990s. Ironically, Air France began its overhaul just as business began to pick up. So the company is in the midst of a renewal of its fleet of 254 aircraft--including cabin overhauls--without taking on massive debt. It has spent $5.2 billion to put 85 new aircraft into service in the past five years, with an additional 22 on order, including 10 Airbus 380s...
...could claim credit for any song written over the past 10 years, which one would you pick...