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Dunn's comments were a good- natured poke at the Paul Revere Frothingham Prize, a Harvard College prize whose criteria includes "manliness." The Frothingham will be given this year at Commencement...
Residents make the most of Sequim's proximity to outdoor recreation. In addition to park trails, Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, a 5 1/2-mile spit of land with 250 species of birds and frequent whale and dolphin sightings, draws nature lovers. On the rare rainy day, folks might poke in at the Blue Whole Gallery, which shows collections of artists from the region...
...lungs, she joined forces with other hysterical BSB fans and belted out the song ("with all the hidden oohs and ahhs," she commented afterwards) while limping around and falling on her ass occasionally. When the song was done, she resumed her helpless position on the couch. I wanted to poke fun at her, but I couldn't-I'm the one responsible for getting her hooked on the BSB since I sent her to their concert in September to write that now infamous cover story for our first issue. Back then, I wanted a mean, whip-smart slice-and-dice...
That joke, making the rounds on Wall Street, is a not-too-subtle poke at Federal Reserve boss Alan Greenspan, who has recently offered some unusual--even heretical--views on why he'll continue to raise interest rates to slow things down...
...following the campaigns in South Carolina. "During the New Hampshire debates, McCain and Bauer forged some sort of alliance - based primarily on their opposition to Bush's campaign." TIME political correspondent John Dickerson, also on the road in South Carolina, sees Bauer's choice as a not-so-subtle poke at rival Christian conservatives. "There's a deep-seated tension between the Ralph Reed?Pat Robertson wing of the Christian right and the Gary Bauer wing," says Dickerson. "Bauer sees Reed and Robertson as promoting a caricature of social conservatism, and he wants to break from that." Bauer threw...