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...sort of thing that might annoy a prehistoric lake monster. Or even worse, give it an appetite." Maybe so. But the burden of proof lies with the athlete. Insurer NIG - a division of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group - will pony up only for "injuries that can be proven to be the result of an attack by the Loch Ness monster." That task might prove tougher than the 19-km bike ride and 10-km run that follow the swim. Unless, of course, Bigfoot and UFOs will be stalking around the Highlands. - By Adam Smith...
With the official motto, “A great place for kids to learn and grow-in,” and a de facto mantra, “We emphasize ‘camp’ for emphasis,” Camp Chunder Camp has proven to be more than fodder for summer postcards printed in Cambridge’s only breakfast-table daily...
...Christ's Second Coming. But the Identity movement tells believers they must endure these dire events and prepare by taking military and survival training and stockpiling weapons and food. John Harrell of Louisville, Ill., wealthy head of the Christian Patriots Defense League, who teaches that "Caucasians are the most proven, most capable" of racial groups, recommends that every family of followers "have a 12-gauge shotgun, a .22 rifle and at least 500 rounds of ammunition...
Summers’ penchant for self-deprecation has proven especially useful this semester as his speaking engagements have occurred under the specter of his comments on women in science. Professor of Public Service David R. Gergen—onetime adviser to Presidents Reagan, Clinton, and now Summers—has been largely responsible for the profusion of modesty and self-effacing humor in Summers’ speeches of late, according to a former Mass. Hall staffer who asked not to be named. Gergen did not respond to a request for comment through his assistant...
...says, now that his collegiate career has ended, “I didn’t expect too much. I talked to [Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91], and he said that...he could only give me so much leeway. I hadn’t necessarily proven myself in the two years before that, [and] I would get some opportunity, but I’d have to capitalize...