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...snorkeling expedition and light refreshments. The underwater scenery is breathtaking, and it's not unusual to see lobsters walking across the reef. The tour ends with a flight over the islands and reefs where, from an altitude of only a few hundred meters, it's easy to spot the spout of a migrating humpback whale or the remains of one of the many shipwrecks that dot the coast. Browse www.abrolhos.com.au for more details...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Cuts | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...cast members” instead of “employees,” “guests” instead of “customers,” and “costumes” instead of “uniforms.” Cast members also spout cryptic acronyms as easily as any Harvard student...

Author: By Kristin E. Kitchen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Second Most Magical Place on Earth | 2/21/2002 | See Source »

...sports by talking about race in ways he could not have done as a boy in the South, Ali connected to the runaway slave who came North and joined up to rally people against slavery. When he was used by Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam to spout racist rhetoric and promote a homemade version of Islam, he showed his vulnerability to cults, but he later revealed his strengths by walking away. Perhaps Ali's greatest American-rebel moment was when he refused to go into the military service: he rang a chord going all the way back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ali In History: An American Original | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...sole bather, but is rather a bathtub built for two. With a depth of nearly three feet and a girth of two, we can only imagine what the Puritanical inhabitants of Cambridge were practicing in this space. Looming above the tub, is a bizarre 25 spout water dispersal array which appears to have served as the shower head. Anachronistically placed among this grandeur is a garish post-modern emblem of mass production—a Scott’s hand towel dispenser. This haphazard addition has clearly been an unthoughtful juxtaposition to this otherwise palatial facility...

Author: By J. M. Greenbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Bathroom Fit for a Queen | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...supposed to be confidential. That same Social Security number that I print at the top of all my college term papers, directly beneath my name? The number that was announced in lieu of my first name when I went to retrieve "confidential" blood-test results? The number I spout to customer-service representatives who need to verify my identity? SARA SCHROEDER Newton, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 23, 2001 | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

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