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...spell-check this column only to learn that the makers of computer dictionaries, too, live in the dark ages where ombudspeople are called men, I send out a final appeal, dear Reader: Let us work together...
...Harvard over colleges located in bustling cities or notorious high-crime areas. Yet Harvard is not the safe campus it appears to be, and students must remember to take precautions. Still, we must hold the University responsible for not improving campus security. We would like to see the administration spell out a comprehensive program to improve campus security which includes better lighting and increased police patrols...
...spell "relief"? Or "monzonite"? Or "chonolith...
...lovers run away to a forest inhabited by fairies. Thanks to the Fairy King's mischevious helper Puck, the mortal lovers become even more discombobulated and frantic until the deux-es-machina ending. Meanwhile, the Fairy King squabbles with Queen Titania over custody of their child until Puck's spell causes the queen to temporarily fall in love with Bottom the Ass, a man with the head of a donkey. Once all the confusion subsides, however, a very happy ending ensues...
...Hillary Clinton had shown up. As it was, the highest-ranking woman may have been Sally Quinn, Clinton's oft-quoted critic in the New Yorker article on the First Lady. Emcee Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who encouraged women to rise and bear witness to their troubles, broke the spell of sisterhood when she pointedly called on Quinn to explain why women participate in the trashing of Hillary. Quinn, stunned, gamely allowed as how Hillary may have finally found her niche pursuing children's issues...