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...many others will be staying in Cambridge to attend to a more prosaic concern: finals. Several students who says they would have liked to make the trip to Washington will be staying in Cambridge to attend to their exams--even students in Government 1540, "The American Presidency," whose test begins 15 minutes after the start of the Inaugural Parade...
...still cling to the belief that the rich and famous are just normal people with better lighting, consider the recent Everyman problems of STEVEN SPIELBERG. The director's Brentwood, Calif., neighbors have organized against him because of a planned addition to his 2,400-sq.-ft. home. Prosaic enough, except that the proposed addition is a five-story, 27,000-sq.-ft. riding-ring-and-stable complex with a retractable dome for horse-loving wife KATE CAPSHAW, estimated to cost $7 million. "It's just astounding and obnoxious," claimed an attorney for nearby homeowners. Both sides will argue the case...
...Nexis search reveals that the phrase "fiercely loyal" comes up dozens of times in describing Bush aides or nominees; this tired expression is not solely due to the prosaic imaginations of most daily journalists...
...struck by the implausibility of Clinton because of the Lewinsky scandal and the more prosaic fact that he had no previous connection to Harvard," Noah says in an interview, referring to flying rumors that President Clinton would be considered...
When you're the home team, the world can indulge you some rhetorical flourishes. Not content with such prosaic entries as "Men's Swim Team," the Australians have renamed their rosters...