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Some of Yale's highest administrators even paid a visit to the lush Palo Alto, Calif. campus this fall. In October, the Yale Corporation took its annual retreat to the Stanford campus, where they spent time talking to Casper. Those familiar with the field of university governance acknowledge that the trip was unusual...
...marching 28. Org. that drew fire for its "Got Beer?" ad campaign 29. Quarter-mile paths, perhaps 30. Kenyon, who got the most votes for the AP All-America basketball team 32. Gangster Meyer, an early investor in Las Vegas 33. Come after 35. Research orgs. 37. __ Clemente (Nixon retreat) 39. The U.S. is easing sanctions on this country's luxury products 40. Capp's "__ the Hyena" 43. The Simpsons storekeeper 45. Grid great Marino, who has announced his retirement...
...This could become very dangerous now because Israel will quickly press ahead with a unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "And, of course, if Israel comes under attack from Hezbollah in the course of that retreat, or after, it has made clear that its response will be a lot harsher than in previous exchanges. And that, in turn, could potentially spark a new war with Syria...
...John McCain suspended his presidential campaign, the telephone number at his Arizona mountain retreat became the hottest 10 digits in politics. Callers ranged from Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, who refrained (for the moment) from begging McCain to launch an independent bid, to George W. Bush, who awkwardly thanked McCain for his gracious exit without daring to ask for the endorsement the Senator had so pointedly withheld. But the ones who dialed en masse were the would-be peacemakers--the Bush emissaries, McCain intermediaries and unallied freelance negotiators--trying to save the Republican Party by brokering a postprimary reconciliation. Party chairman...
...holidays go, Evacuation Day isn't the most prominent. It is not as widely celebrated as Thanksgiving or Christmas, not as solemn as Veterans Day or Memorial Day. In fact, the holiday commemorating the Redcoats' retreat from Boston during the Revolutionary War just might be the most obscure holiday in Massachusetts...