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...warm, sunny climates. But then I think of the first days after spring break, and it's finally nice outside, and everyone is so happy. What's more, as a friend remarked to me last spring, "everyone is so hot," with their souvenir tans and the sunshine on their short-sleeved arms. Would we appreciate these days so much if we had them all year round? It seems unlikely that a sunny, 80-degree day inspires quite the same euphoria at the University of Florida...
HRTV has also retooled "Ivory Tower," its long-running soap opera, into a new format. The newly christened "Tales from the Ivory Tower" will consist of short stories in a loosely organized framework...
Although coming up short offensively, the Crimson demonstrated some extraordinary individual efforts, on defense. Freshman midfielder Colin Eyre exhibited excellent defense throughout the game, stopping a dangerous Brown fast break with 6 minutes left and continually battling the powerful Brown three-man forward line...
Jerry and Mary first swapped in 1982, exchanging their Upper West Side Manhattan apartment for a five-room Paris flat in the 17th arrondisement, just a short hop from L'Etoile. Not only did they get the charming, high-ceilinged apartment furnished with 18th century antiques; they also got Rene, the owner, a charming and sociable French engineer, who met them for drinks at John F. Kennedy Airport. They have kept in touch since, through notes and Christmas cards, visits to each other and at least seven stays at Rene's, including three quid pro quo exchanges. Sometimes Jerry...
Military experts are split on the effectiveness of this kind of wait-and-bomb war. Retired General Merrill McPeak, Air Force Chief of Staff during the Gulf War, believes it represents the prototypical 21st century conflict, in which a grinding, persistent battle plan trumps a short, intense war. "The bombing isn't hurting us, and it is hurting Saddam," he says. But Richard Haas, who helped run the Gulf War as a key member of the Bush Administration's national-security team, says a superpower's might evaporates as such a stalemate drags on. "When a great power acts...