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This reporter sat down, expecting a wait, butconsultant Cheryl Cinelli called over right away.When asked for spring break information, Cinelliprovided the phone numbers of what she said werethe two best agencies to call--Student TravelService and Spring Break Travel. Cinelli's answerswere straightforward and honest. She gaveconstructive feedback to low-budget concerns, andadvised calling the companies directly because herresearch required a $50 service fee, and wouldonly produce general travel information, not dealsgeared specifically towards students...
...majority of those who voted in the Undergraduate Council election chose Beth A. Stewart '00 on a platform of shuttle buses for student groups, cable television and universal keycard access. Their position is straightforward: narrowly focused self-interest. Thomas B. Cotton '98, a defender of student apathy, wrote in a Feb. 18 column on this page: "Despite the sanctimony of activists, most students see, or implicitly accept, apathy about political issues as a virtue." Cotton argues that we have the rest of our life to be activists, so there is little reason to fight for anything...
...scene is a quiet hotel room in midtown Manhattan on a sunny day in February. Two Chinese nationals are concluding a business deal in rapid-fire Mandarin. But this is no ordinary transaction. The men are discussing a straightforward proposition to sell the kidneys, corneas, livers and lungs of executed Chinese prisoners for tens of thousands of dollars. Unbeknown to one of the would-be organ brokers, however, his U.S.-based contact is Harry Wu, the human-rights activist who spent 19 years in Chinese jails and who has just secretly captured their entire exchange on videotape...
...accustomed to meeting people who adored him, bowed before him in reverence. He did not like it; he was a thoroughly straightforward man--and his Pauline was like a draft of fresh water... LOTTE LEHMANN Santa Barbara, Calif...
...path to application isn't always a straightforward one," he says. "Sometimes you have to go through less immediate goals...