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...myself. They wrote my weight on the back of my hand and snapped a blue band around my wrist, indicating I was in the heaviest allowable weight class and should have the strongest and shortest cord. I joined two instructors, two jumpers and two observers. They placed us in seat harnesses, weighed us again and took us to the elevator...
...instructors assured us how safe the operation was while simultaneously cracking jokes about how irresponsible and high on drugs they were. Maybe they didn't care if their fun and games scared me into not jumping; no refunds, after all. They did double-check our seat harnesses, however, and helped us don chest harnesses, to serve as an emergency back-up should the seat harness fail...
This perception led Gaard, who was elected to a vacant seat in Cabot House last month, to revive a council Women's Caucus at her very first meeting, last month...
...China. TheChinese are absolutely preoccupied with food. In aplace like China you learn very early that it'salmost more important to know how to behaveproperly, that you know the etiquette. when you goto a banquet, you have to learn never to sit downanywhere until they force you into a seat, becauseof the hierarchical arrangement of positioning ofguests. I made a lot of mistakes early on that Ifeel horrible when I look back on. One goodexample is the first wedding banquet I ever wentto. The food was great, and it was a 12 coursemeal. I was young and ate everything...
...weekend at the age of 85. Powers epitomized loyalty, helping to preserve the Kennedy legacy as curator of the JFK Library in Dorchester. Kennedy credited Powers with making his career in politics, for it was the older Powers who helped the still-ailing young candidate for the 10th Congressional seat up creaky stairs in Cambridge and Charlestown tenements to meet voters. Powers was behind the scenes for every campaign thereafter. In turn, Powers credited Kennedy with taking a poor newsboy and bringing him into politics. In the 35 years after the death of his boss and friend, Powers remained unfailingly...