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This is what Bob, my friend and fellow hypochondriac, was telling me as I contemplated spending close to one seventh of my spring break on Boston's famed idyllic North Shore. After reading one too many articles about fun lovin' college students cavorting around on those magical Spring Break `94 beaches, I sprang into "seize-the-day" mode. "Heck, I can have a Spring Break `94 my own," I said. "Beach or Bust" was my mottodu jour...
...aeroplane crash, I leaped and tumbled down the dune, screaming in terror. In an instant we found ourselves at the bottom of the dune in a heap, huddling in morbid anticipation of the impending explosion that would spray bits of blazing metal to all corners of the idyllic North Shore...
...selling more of species not popular in the past, including dogfish and whiting. Most important, seafood manufacturers are making up for the ocean-fish shortage through aquiculture, the use of fish farms. Large populations of everything from sole to scallops are raised in big tanks or cages near the shore...
Time, then, to deliver. A crime bill is struggling through Congress. While Clinton avoided involvement during its drafting, he is now complaining about the delay in its passage. Far worse, he is supporting its most emotionally appealing proposals instead of seeking to shore up the single measure that has been proved to work: more cops on the beat. Last week, for example, Vice President Al Gore offered the Administration's version of a "three strikes and you're out" scheme that modifies the crime bill's harsh life-imprisonment language only slightly by narrowing the list of applicable felonies...
Over the course of history, civilizations in decline have often drawn on some mythological past in order to galvanize their citizens and shore up their diminishing influence. Minority student leaders of today, as the University caves into their every demand, feel the need to restore vitality to their cause...