Word: rowing
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...lectures are not the evil albatrosses they are often made out to be. Many of my dormmates were in Chem 10, Ec 10 and Justice. They described foreign phenomena called "lectures," discussed going to class in Sanders and debated whether the balcony or the front row was a better option on any given...
...found Mikki Halpin, Stim's erstwhile editor, sitting among a double row of mauve, mostly vacant cubicles. Stim (named after William Gibson's imaginary "digital drug") was typical of the flood of 'zines that launched last year. It was silly and fun and new, and it took the kinds of risks you don't take if you've already found a market. In the weeks preceding the Democratic National Convention, for instance, Stim's political commentator was forbidden to read or listen to press accounts of the presidential race; he had to write his stuff cold. Then when the Dick...
...hadn't on Wednesday come so close to a civilian plane that collision alarms went off, news that four National Guard fighter jets passed close to another commercial flight would have barely registered on the media radar screen. But the planes did, and for the second day in a row, Pentagon officials found themselves explaining a miss that, while not nearly as close a call at the first one, has raised concerns about the safety in the airspace between New York and Washington, D.C. As an investigation into Wednesday's incident continues, Pentagon officials insist that the two Air National...
...Crimson's sixth in a row and fifth consecutive...
...come out against capital punishment, it says the administration of such laws is seriously flawed. Members want to see procedural safeguards set in place, such as providing competent counsel for all defendants and federal review of state cases for the 3,000-plus Americans on death row. The vote will find little support from conservative Republicans, whose 1994 Contract with America called for limiting death-row appeals. Lawyers may also have a tough time with President Clinton, a death penalty proponent who has supported the expansion of crimes punishable by death. Given today's tough crime-fighting atmosphere, the vote...