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...quickest and easiest way is, as you would expect, to follow the crowd. Most of Machu Picchu's 2,500 daily visitors arrive by a four-hour train ride from Cuzco that ends at the small town of Aguas Calientes. From there, a 20-minute bus journey transports them up to the famous ruins. The hard way, on the other hand, involves joining a guided trek of the Inca Trail. From a starting point that lies 88 km by train from Cuzco, you plunge into the jungle, camp for three nights along the way and reach altitudes...
...insisted was that we couldn’t fudge it and that we had to go forward in a way that was intellectually honest,” said Litman, a former Crimson editor. “She’s just the straightest of straight shooters and the quickest of quick studies...
...players better suited to knock down the trifecta, the effect has become even more pronounced in the Ivy League. The nature of the level of competition and the limited national exposure in the Ivies means the league is unable to attract the biggest, most skilled frontcourt players or the quickest, most athletic guards, who invariably sign with major D-I teams. The result is a preponderence of “catch-and-shoot” players—those who hang on the perimeter waiting for a kick-out from inside for the spot-up three. The style of play...
However, McCarthy believes that the ongoing war in Iraq will move students to action. Even though the majority of people now oppose the war, "I don’t think people know what to do with the war," he says. "I think the quickest thing that will energize your generation is if they bring back the draft...
...embarrassed the G.O.P. and House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Allegations that Rep. Mark Foley had inappropriate contact with male pages, and that Republicans in power may have known about the allegations long before any action was taken, suggest that someone in the leadership slipped up - and many believe the quickest fix is to get rid of pages altogether...