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...dazzling brilliance. It's not glare from the snow or water, but the neon-colored outfits of their companions. From the California coast to the Alps, the hottest look under the sun is the "acid bright" sportswear produced by the O'Neill company of Santa Cruz, Calif. The parkas, swim trunks, rucksacks and other splashy items are hard to miss, since O'Neill emblazons them with the company name in huge letters. O'Neill's sales reached an estimated $100 million last year, up more than 30% from...
...process that allows Earthwatch to match volunteers with appropriate projects. Living conditions vary from camping out to comfortable dorms. About 1 recruit out of 20 turns out to be a problem (a scientist working underwater in the Canary Islands discovered that one self-styled scuba diver could not even swim), but many others become Earthwatch regulars. Biologist Wynne-Edwards says 70% of her volunteers last year were repeaters...
...Rosty tax plan looks like something that would make George Bush's lips tremble and his teeth clench. But White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater refused all opportunities to deep-six it. "We don't want to pour too much cold water on a plan we may want to swim around in for a while," he said. The water was warm enough for Bush to pick up the phone and call his old friend -- the two served together on Ways and Means during the late 1960s -- and thank the chairman for his suggestion. He praised Rostenkowski for trying to "break...
...Harvard's ban on co-ed rooming groups is an attitude that the college serves in loco parentus, a concept that works well in high school, but not in college. Harvard does not baby its students in any other way, leaving many to suffer in a sink-or-swim academic atmosphere. For Harvard to suddenly act parental when it comes to living conditions epitomizes hypocrisy. Harvard treats its students as adults when it comes to academic life--why not treat us as adults when it comes to private life...
...Easterns, we get to swim more events," Johnson said. "That's where we hope to qualify for the NCAAs...