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Administrators in charge of pre-frosh weekend were outraged at first when the protesters entered Byerly Hall, but later they attempted to put a positive spin on the demonstration...
...appeared briefly in the earlier book as a presidential candidate--a U.S. Senator from the Midwest, dismissed by the press as a hippie Vietnam Vet. Many characters from Colors do brief walk-ons in the new book, much as the star of a popular sitcom may help launch a spin-off. On TV, of course, spin-offs usually fail...
...confirmed this week that at least one in every 10 South Africans is HIV-positive, President Thabo Mbeki lashed out at critics of his government's flirtation with self-styled "dissident" AIDS scientists who believe the disease isn't caused by the HIV virus. Mbeki even put a nationalist spin on his angry retort to those who criticized him for giving credence to discredited science. Distinguishing AIDS in Africa as a primarily heterosexual phenomenon that is destined to slash average life expectancy in his region to 47, Mbeki insisted that "as Africans we have to deal with this uniquely African...
...Fear. "This book works right off the prevailing ethos that you should be afraid of all the wrong things." A sequel is expected next year. The Worst-Case Scenario Travel Handbook will cover such things as hostage situations and civil unrest. Meanwhile the Survival Handbook is generating other spin-offs, including a calendar that lists such notable milestones as when the first blood transfusion was administered and when Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed...
...family meeting had been arranged as it became clear that the Miami family were running out of options, even as they battled to keep legal challenges alive in Florida state and family courts. The family's decision not to go to Washington may have come in response to government spin on the meeting: While CANF representatives had presented it simply as the family meeting for which the Florida relatives had pushed and said that Elian might even leave with his father if all went well, government officials told the media the handover was a done deal. Still, the very fact...