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...next Saturday against Yale is technically in violation of Ivy League rules. Teams are not supposed to play during exam period, but the Athletic Department was not notified of the bumped up start of exams until after the schedule had been made, and Harvard could not convince anyone to switch games. If any Crimson player has an exam scheduled for Jan. 13, it will be administered to him on the road either by one of the coaches, media relations staff, or another university official brought to New Haven for explicitly that purpose....Sports Illustrated's recent issue on fans included...
...good hook--Ford fell off airplanes, Reagan made a movie with a chimp, Carter owned a peanut farm. But Clinton was wildly generous to the comedic mind. In 1992 he served up an exotic tapas buffet of premises that included his saxophone, his too-short jogging shorts, his light-switch "sincerity" and his McDonald's fetish. And as we began hungrily digging in, he emerged with a hearty stew of Gennifer Flowers, "I didn't inhale" and Whitewater...
...Gulfstream has sold six of the devices--it won't say to whom--but customers are asking for more. The system comes with an on-off switch, and a Gulfstream spokesman says it particularly should be switched on when a plane is landing--a moment when it is moving slowly and within range of portable missiles. Who knew Aspen was so dangerous...
...INSURANCE Take higher deductibles to get lower premiums. Switch to term life, which is cheaper than similar policies with a death benefit. Auto coverage is rising, but underwriters offer highly specific policies. A good driver in a tanklike SUV (less likely to be hurt by bad drivers) can get a rate cut. Sounds wacky, given that SUVs are more likely to cause injury to others. But, hey, like getting frugal in a slowdown, it's O.K. to think of yourself first...
Money issues are a common source of strife between brothers and sisters: Why wasn't that loan repaid? Who can afford the bigger house? How should the family business be run? Behavior outside the family's value system can also trip the switch: coming out of the closet, marrying interracially or converting to a new religion. Then there are cutoffs linked to extreme emotional states, the reasons for which--such as untreated mental illness, substance abuse, incest and violence--may never be brought out into the open...