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...Each House has a quirk about its use,” says Sonia H. Kastner ’03, president of the College Democrats. “Some of the Houses want to know how many students from their own House will be attending the event. Other ones have size limitations that are disproportionate to the space...
Behind Traugott, senior Taylor Banks—whom Seidel called “the surprise of the fall”—took fourth in 26:01, while sophomores Devin Lyons-Quirk and Reid Bienvenu finished sixth and seventh in 26:15 and 26:22, respectively...
...newly opened hotel. "We looked at the rooms and thought, 'Let's put some life into them,'" says general manager Dean Schreiber. "We were going to try it with a bird, but that just didn't fly." Even though the hotel doesn't advertise its fish, the in-house quirk has generated waves. Return guests are asking for fish even when they don't check in alone. The Hotel Monaco chain in the U.S., one of a few other hotels to offer a similar program, calls it Guppy Love. The fish "are company for someone, but they don't disturb...
...ephemeral nature of the estate tax repeal was one of the most curious features of the Bush tax cut. Many other cuts also expire in 2011, and the president has recently called on Congress to make them permanent. “It’s a quirk in the law,” Bush announced on April 15, and it “doesn’t make much sense.” Americans will find it hard to plan their futures when “all of a sudden these things get kicked in full time and then...
...Matthew F. Quirk contributed to the reporting of this article...