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Harvard's multi-flex should be in its full kaleidoscopic splendor as Joe Restic is planning to unveil a couple of new offensive sets in an attempt to dazzle Cornell's defense. "It could be very exciting," Restic says with tongue in cheek...
...Assistant Papal Physician Renato Buzzonetti; the doctor determined that death had come from a stroke around 11 the previous night. Two hours after the body was found, the Vatican announced the death in a statement of scriptural simplicity. By noon the Pontiffs body was laid in the frescoed splendor of the Clementine Hall in the Apostolic Palace. Romans and tourists formed a mile-and-a-half queue that wound around St. Peter's Square to pay then- respects to the Pope. At the bier two nuns in blue, overcome, rushed through a gap in the wooden barrier to kiss...
...surreal structure, an external symbol of the brothers' twisted passions. Against this fantastical backdrop, shapes and shadows mingle grotesquely. Soldiers resemble insects in their shiny black armor and luminous round helmets. Members of the court, dressed in garishly striped costumes, are a hideous masquerade, a parody of splendor...
...Giant Camera Leaving the brawling partisans of the North Yard to their senseless excesses we come upon the cool, technological splendor of the Science Center. Look at it for a minute, and then say the first thing that comes into your mind. But it was Polaroid Land camera, because if you'll notice the Science Center looks just like the Polaroid that ate Manhattan. Why? Because Edwin H. Land '30, president of Polaroid, gave most of the money for its construction, and Harvard is traditionally grateful to its benefactors...
...edge. There were fears that the discussions might end in more acrimony, as well as rumors of a terrorist plot against the visiting officials. British security forces decided at the last minute to move the conference from London's modern and more convenient Churchill Hotel to the remote splendor of Leeds Castle. Security was extremely tight. Dayan and Kamel landed in a special section of London's Heathrow Airport, which had been barricaded by tanks, armored cars and British troops. Vance's jet was diverted to a Royal Air Force base. At the castle, sharpshooters manned...