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Aristotle urges us to remember that "one swallow does not make a summer," and this is surely sage advice. But perhaps we at Harvard will be forgiven for assuming that the Undergraduate Council President's appeal for "Diversity on the U.C." in last Tuesday's Crimson announces the beginning of a new year of ideological conflict in our student government...
...last week, Steve. On Monday, AOL astonished the computer and media world with the news that it will swallow CompuServe, the nation's oldest online service, and its 2.6 million members. As part of the deal, AOL sealed a long-term pact with WorldCom, a telephone company based in Jackson, Miss., with scads of capacity, that will help AOL lock in access to phone lines at low rates for the next five years--and probably boost profits. In the three-way agreement, WorldCom bought CompuServe and then handed AOL the online company's 2.6 million subscribers in exchange...
...once a loss isn't too hard to swallow...
Herman noted in a holiday weekend address that even though businesses were forced to swallow the first stage of the minimum wage increase ??a 50-cent boost ? last October, the economy is "in better shape than in many, many years." America's lowliest workers are now making $5.15, and unemployment is at a 24-year low. Conveniently, most CEOs also were off enjoying a long weekend, so nobody was around to rebut...
Called "internal body carriers" by the Drug Enforcement Administration, mules can carry up to one kilo of cocaine or heroin in their intestines. Before ingesting the drugs, they fast for several days, then swallow cooking oil for lubrication. Next, the oblong packets are placed in their esophagus with pliers and shoved down their throat. If a condom rips or is corroded by stomach acid during a long flight delay, the drugs burn, slowly, through the internal organs. On arrival the mules are taken to a hotel room by gang members and given large doses of laxative. "The most I have...