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...Saturday morning, election workers began thesecond portion of the ballot-countingprocess--repeatedly retiring the candidate withthe fewest votes, then redistributing each of thatperson's ballots to candidates still in therunning--again following each voter's order ofpreference...
With Harvard's five leading scorers of last year gone, Young will be called upon to shoulder a major portion of the scoring burden this year...
...former winner of the Levenson Award for teaching said that he plans to reduce the portion of time he spends teaching to concentrate on research...
...good anthology, Edgar Allen Poe. By the Master of Disaster, the Big Daddy of Supersonic P-P-Pulse Rate. Each piece is guaranteed to knock a couple years off any poor pup's life. And "The Bells," especially, is a terrific way to round off your Poe-portion. Find yourself getting sleepy? Little Weak? Sorta drowsy? Recite "The Bells" aloud into a tape deck, pop your recording into an industrial strength ghetto blaster, and let-errrrrip, full volume, for dozing neighbors. Run-DMC's got nothin' on Poe...though they might make a mean team...
WELL, THE long and short of it is that ultimately I was unable to help the Royal Couple with their marital problems, and by extension, failed to obtain ancestral rights to any portion of the Queen's lands. But my trip was not a complete failure. I was able to buy a watch with a picture of Big Ben on it and one of those furry hats English guards wear. And, more than that, I think I learned a valuable lesson...