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...call him Fred -- who uses Wildfire, and you will be greeted by a ``personal receptionist'' who asks you to ``tell me your name, and I will try to find Fred for you.'' Half a minute may go by, but if Fred wants to talk to you -- even from his raft in the Colorado River - - he will get the message on his cell phone and come on the line. If Fred is too busy negotiating the rapids to talk, you can always leave him a voice- mail message. The reach of phone systems continues to extend across the planet, as cellular...
...tradition of adventurous athleticism turns out to be very much alive. Guy Delage, 42, (known as the "mad swimmer"), waded ashore on the Caribbean island of Barbados after swimming across the Atlantic from the Cape Verde Islands. Delage swam for 10 hours a day, then crawled aboard an accompanying raft to rest. Afflicted by seasickness and often spurred on by the presence of hungry sharks, he completed his 2,400-mile journey in less than two months...
...Georgetown University. Most likely, the bill will not affect Cuba much at all. ``The standard of living has already collapsed by 50%, but the repressive apparatus remains efficient and loyal,'' she argues. For 36 years, dissident Cubans have calculated that their chances of reaching the U.S. on a raft are better than those of unseating Fidel. If a tighter embargo does crank up the pressure on Cuba, the exodus might only intensify...
Oceangoer After a journey fraught with fatigue, loneliness and worry about sharks, GUY DELAGE, 42, splashed ashore on Barbados--the first man to swim the Atlantic. Towing a supply raft into which he slithered each night after swimming six to eight hours, he had left the Cape Verde Islands--some 3,800 km away--55 days earlier. Critics might cavil about his use of flippers and a kickboard, but to his waiting wife and two children, he was a much hugged hero...
...council's recent presidential debates. The candidates, having dispensed with an opening volley of bizarre accusations about constitutional reform vote stuffing, delved right into pandering to provide more circuses for the masses. Candidates jockeyed to promise the greatest thrills: Harvard-wide formals, a battle of the bands, a raft race and presidential favorite Randy Fine, in a vaguelyphrased "The 'Stones are Coming" tone, promised "a major musical act." It is clear that aside from our love of raft races and the Rolling Stones, the council has no directly relevant link to the undergraduate populace. In fact, earlier this year Liston...