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...Will Harpest, a third-grade teacher who lives in Lisle, Ill., the ad campaign was the last straw. A longtime customer of one of the big phone companies known as Baby Bells, Harpest, 54, had grown weary of having to deal with separate phone bills for local and long-distance calls. But, like most Americans, he couldn't do much about it until recently. Sure, he could change long-distance carriers and chase the lowest rates as often as he pleased, but he was still a virtual captive of SBC Ameritech, the sole owner of the prized last mile...
...Iraq. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz traveled to Turkey to secure support for an attack on Saddam Hussein's regime, offering to write off at least $6 billion of military debt and an undisclosed amount of other aid in return. Then, even as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived for talks on Ankara's application to join the European Union, Wolfowitz said it would be "unthinkable" for the E.U. to exclude Turkey - music to the ears of his hosts. Back in Washington, the Bush Administration swatted away complaints from right-wing hawks that the President was overselling the Islam...
...voting record on one question was particularly distressing. Massachusetts’ state-wide clean-elections referendum, Question 3, was in fact a straw man. Though it appeared that, as with most ballot initiatives, a “yes” vote would signify that one supported the goals of the measure’s sponsors, Question 3 was introduced and written by state legislators who were hoping for a “no” vote. To this end, these legislators framed the question in a highly manipulative manner...
...Swenson ’03 decided they wanted to see their son’s dorm room this year, a choice all parties soon regretted. Swenson recalls the encounter between his mother and his filth-covered single in Cabot House, saying “I think the last straw was the fungus-covered beer stein still half-full of Pabst...or maybe it was the melted Twix bar on my printer.” Swenson’s mother fell over in her haste to leave, slipping on a used condom...
...it’s easy to be grateful for her choice. A Taiwanese favorite, the Bubble Tea ($3.50) has grown in popularity in the US, spreading east from California. It features pea-sized pearls of rice tapioca at the bottom of the glass that shoot through the extra-wide straw into your mouth like glutinous bullets. Bubble teas are often made from a powder that gives them a syrupy sweetness, but at Dado, they’re made with loose tea leaves that give the drink a delicate flavor. And the highlight, the tapioca pearls, are soft, sweet, and stick...