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Tonight is Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, which begins just before sundown. And as a Harvard student, you can take notice of it--whether you are Jewish...
Rosh Hashanah, which began at sundown last night, marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar year. For many members of the Jewish community, the holiday is an opportunity for a new start...
...hours before sundown, the wagon train made camp. I had walked only a few miles that day, but I was parched and exhausted. A meal was served. I sat in the dirt and devoured a plate of meat loaf, while around me devout believers watered horses, repaired bent wagon wheels, fed bottles to crying infants. In just a few days, to quote their ancestors, they would cross the mountains and be "safe in Zion." I could not help wishing them well. In their epic trek across Smith's American Eden, they have lost more paradises than they've found...
...cream is a treat to be taken advantage of when the opportunity presents itself, whether it be before or after sundown. The experience ought to be pleasurable. However, not all ice creams were created equal, nor were all ice cream proffering establishments. I have only noted my favorites. It seems that coming to Harvard was the right choice...
...White House conspicuously short of addicted golfers, Bowles had special access to the President during his purest moments for reflection. The two of them would often leave the White House at 5:30 and play through sundown. "We've played the last hole in the dark many times," says Bowles, who is reported to be a far better player than the President. The two men have in common their Southern ambition and a childhood in a household with an alcoholic parent (Clinton's stepfather, Bowles' mother, long since recovered). But the pair are opposites in many ways. "I spent...