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Although both the location and the setting were perfect for Conlon and Plumb's Paris apartment, they faced some maintenance problems. Horrified when the hot-water heater shot flames and made booming sounds, they shut it off and boiled water on the stove for sponge baths for three days until French repairmen appeared. "The French have a different sense of urgency," Conlon says dryly. That hasn't deterred the couple from planning a regular sabbatical, however. Who can resist playing English cottager, Parisian apartment dweller or Tuscan farmhouse owner--if only for a short while...
Right now, Murray contends, that mine is looking pretty dark. While the state's otter population is holding steady at nearly 2,700, projections show that number should already have reached at least 13,000. The next step, say scientists, is to pinpoint--then shut down--the sources of runoff that are pouring toxins into the otters' playgrounds...
...wicked smile that makes him look like Gary Busey's smarter brother, White is the bad boy of Blue Collar TV. In this short (41 min.) set, he makes the usual public issues of private parts, honeymoon tiffs and a persistent fan who cornered White and wouldn't shut up ("He raped my ear"). The material is just O.K., but the salesmanship is expert. He's a natural-born charmer with just a soupçon of Satan...
...into Harvard Houses, an ad-hoc group established the College’s first women’s center and library staffed by volunteers in the basement of what is now Pfrozheimer House. Plagued by problems such as insufficient funding and lack of institutional support, the make-shift center shut down in a just few years...
...reached for comment yesterday. “We recognize renovation is a wonderful thing,” Zaidi said of the 76-year- old athletic center. But he proposed undertaking the refurbishment either in “zones” so that the building is never entirely shut, or in “phases” so that it happens over two summers. Other students were less passionate about the issue. Adam D. Yock ’08 said he hadn’t heard about the petition or the campaign. But, he said...