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...Tercentenary of Harvard College was markedwith a series of thick, lavishly illustratedpapers detailing the pyrotechnics of thecelebration. On the whole, The Crimson's job onthe Tercentenary could stand up to any othercoverage...
...inside when they started shooting," says Qerim Krasniqi, 51, the blond, thick-set eldest son of Abdyl and father of the wounded child. "A girl was screaming, and I went out and saw my son lying on the ground. I grabbed him by the belt, and beneath him there was blood everywhere." Sipping Turkish coffee, Qerim glances at his wizened father. The crackling fire in a small cast-iron stove fills the silence as the Krasniqi men, sitting on cushions around the edge of the dark, bare room, consider the violence that followed...
...more than that. In the moments between sleeping and waking, between finishing the paper and handing it in, between studying for the test and taking it, between hard work and future failure or success--and maybe even between childhood and adulthood--you can get stuck in time, like a thick mud that grabs hold of your foot as you're stepping with the other foot onto solid ground. You can't think about "nothing" at that moment, because "nothing" is exactly what you fear the most, that somehow you won't make it from Point A to Point B, that...
First stop, the King's Head in Santa Monica. It's a British pub, a place where the smoke used to be as thick as kidney pie. Now there's scarcely a trace of it; in fact, the King's Head looks as if the patrons are waiting for the Queen to show up for tea and crumpets. "It's a bit ridiculous, if you ask me," says bartender Jane Myers, a Brit who wonders why Americans can't just let themselves go. "They'll come in here and order fish and chips and a diet Coke. Now, what...
...very vocal about being a single mom. I have no problem telling people that this is what I'm all about," Ocon says. "You have to get really thick-skinned. You have to ask for help. It's about my daughter's well-being. I'm getting to the point right now where I almost feel as if I'm talking about it too much...