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...which yields the annual headlines about COLLEGE ADMISSIONS INSANITY. Princeton turned down 4 of every 5 of the valedictorians who applied last year, and Dartmouth could have filled its freshman class with students with a perfect score in at least one SAT subject and had some to spare. But in the meantime, partly as a result, partly in response to all kinds of social and economic trends, the rest of the college universe has shifted as well. The parents may be the last ones to come around--but talk to high school teachers and guidance counselors and especially...
...state, including West Point and the perpetually deployed 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum. It didn't entirely surprise him that it took three months to get on her schedule or that, once he did, her staff called his twice to remind him that she couldn't spare more than 15 minutes...
...being newcomers to the faith doesn't spare converts from the suspicions and pressures faced by Muslims in the West today. Ali Khan, the national director of the American Muslim Council in Chicago, says he once had to convince a recent convert's wife, who wasn't Muslim, that her husband wouldn't suddenly become a terrorist. "A lot of their families freak out at first," Khan says. He says another convert had to reassure his brother, who asked, "You're not going to kill me in my sleep, are you?" And yet there's little evidence that negative perceptions...
...feeling very emotional," she says. "Really tight in the chest." It's not parting with the junk that's affecting her; more the realization that they're about to leave their home of 10 years, a three-bedroom, open-plan house that Zig built himself in his spare time, with a little help from family and friends. "We lived in the shed for a year," says Jennifer, who'll miss the Sydney bluegum floorboards-secret-nailed-most of all. "But the new owners have promised not to carpet over them." She's sad, but looking ahead. "This," she says...
...Amid a humorless summer at the movie theater, here's a comedy with horsepower to spare...