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...faut aller voir" (We must go and see) was the motto aboard legendary sea explorer Jacques Cousteau's boat Calypso. With his 1956 Oscar-winning underwater-adventure documentary The Silent World, Cousteau transported millions of viewers to the Indian Ocean islands of Assomption and Aldabra?one of the world's largest coral atolls. Today it's possible to go in person. The Island Sky is a small expedition ship that departs from Mauritius, taking 100 passengers on 12-day-long cruises on these turquoise waters. Wading ashore on Aldabra, home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises...
...residual orthodoxy is to “empower” women wherever, whenever it’s possible—in this case, bestowing power equivalent to that of sex-driven men who ought to restrain themselves but don’t because, thanks to the silent acquiescence of TBTN and groups you might expect to stand up to such behavior, they go unchallenged.And in the case of the Catholic Schoolgirl party, the prevailing logic goes that it’s simply inappropriate to question the wisdom of an 18-year-old who would don short-cut, plaid skirts...
...really getting consistent. She’s really staying on her game and staying in a good zone consistently.”Watkins has surrendered just one run in her last 19 innings, dating back to an April 10 shutout of Columbia.After the teams held each other silent for the first few innings, senior Rachel Murray drove in what would prove to be the winning run in the sixth inning, clubbing a homer to put her team on top 1-0. Sophomore Danielle Kerper provided some insurance in the seventh with an RBI single.YALE 7, HARVARD 4Harvard kicked...
...portable projector, showing photos of the reporters during their younger days in Alabama. A few folks laugh when a picture of John C. Diamante ’66 pops up: in the photo, he nonchalantly looks to the side in what appears to be a trademark grimace. Some fall silent when the picture of a Courier reporter who has since passed away flickers on the screen...
They play in a lonely driveway under a forlorn trumpet and two drums, this silent band. At a yellowed keyboard markered with “Katrina Band of New Orleans,” a gorilla plays forever, an empty bottle of Bacardi in his lap. Next to the pianist, a monster hunches over a guitar, ignoring the empty wine bottle nearby.The lead singer, a mannequin with a gray wig, sings at a rusty microphone. David L. Fountain, 54, calls this wooden statue his wife. Without her, Fountain would have been a bachelor all his life, he says...