Word: summer
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Marc J. Ambinder '01, a Crimson editor, is a history concentrator in Lowell House. He is working for the political unit at ABC News in New York City this summer...
...advice from taxi drivers, hotel clerks and a few fellow travelers, I directed myself through the two day journey to Comitan. The three plane flights and four hour bus ride transplanted me into an incredibly foreign environment. I am as far away from the high-powered connection-making summer-after-junior year jobs as you can be. I am seeing how people live in a part of the world that is essentially forgotten. No one hits it big here: the people don't discover cures, write amazing novels, or work 100-hour weeks...
Then in a tone reminiscent of a Las Vegas boxing announcer, Simon proudly proclaims: "Ladies and Gentleman, it is my pleasure to welcome...Mr. Bob Dylan!" The crowd roars in fernetic expectation. This was a surprise, partly because, for the greater part of the summer, I have been surrounded by anti-Dylan enthusiasts and militants. I was afraid that my defense of Dylan could be likened to a musical Steward's Folly (but let's just remember how much oil was found in Alaska). Although, in my childishly ego-centric way, I could never understand why Dylan's music...
...This summer, I decided that I was going to live with strangers. As much as I love my mother's cooking, I knew that I couldn't handle another summer at home. It was time for a change. So, after sending out the requisite cover letters and resumes, I bought my ticket to London. With some pride, I informed my parents ever-inquisitive friends that no, I did not have prearranged housing--I would find a place when I arrived...
...flash point. Bush plans to slide-tackle the Administration for placing relations with Beijing ahead of those with the U.S.'s Asian allies. Last week Condoleezza Rice, Bush's top foreign policy adviser, took a swing at Clinton for bypassing Tokyo en route to a summit in Beijing last summer: "You wouldn't see the Governor go to China for nine days and not go to Japan and South Korea." It was an opening shot in what promises to be a sustained and challenging salvo for Gore...