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...unpopular around the world, and their value has often been questionable." But with U.S. standing in the region at a low ebb following the Iraq crisis and the collapse of the Mideast peace process, there may not be much Washington can do to keep gentleman callers off Muammar's porch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mubarak Challenges Libya Sanctions | 7/9/1998 | See Source »

Founding various support policies and programs--including a habit of leaving her porch light on to invite students to visit and talk with her late at night--Bunting-Smith gained the appreciation of hundreds of Radcliffe undergraduates...

Author: By Aaron R. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MARY INGRAHAM BUNTING-SMITH 1910 - 1998 | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...late Mary Ingraham Bunting--the legendaryRadcliffe president who left her porch-light onfor late-night chats with undergraduates--set thestage for Radcliffe's new focus on research byestablishing the now-Bunting Institute in 1960,and proposing to merge with Harvard...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE END OF AN ERA | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

Before long, the officers spot a local priest, and pull the cruiser over for a chat. When a house-fire backdraft blew Officer DeFrancesco off a porch last year, the father came to visit him in hospital...

Author: By India F. Landrigan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALKING THE BEAT | 5/22/1998 | See Source »

...will eventually attract clients "that will be the Procter & Gambles of the world." In some cases that is already happening. Last summer Mary Furlong, the founder of the nonprofit Senior Net educational centers, created the definitely-for-profit Third Age and thinks of it as "my grandmother's front porch," a place where people gather to hear news and swap information. With a database of more than 5,000 pages of free and discounted products and services and sponsors like Hallmark and Toys "R" Us, it's more like the mall of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Internet's New Kids On The Block | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

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