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...field, where a team manager had set up a table with hundreds of Dixie cups full of water on it. When asked if he could spare just two of them, he looked at us incredulously, as if he couldn’t understand how we could be complaining of thirst after running two slants and a short post route. So what if his team was on its second practice of the day in full pads under the still-scorching September...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: River Run Full of Charm | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...eight tough years when Vaclav Moravec had no choice but to live in the Czech city of Pilsen, the cradle of the famed pilsner beer. That's because for more than 40 years, the 65-year-old retired engineer has been a daily patron of Budweiser - not that pale thirst-quencher produced by Anheuser-Busch, but the hearty, bitter lager from the small Budejovicky Budvar brewery in the South Bohemian town of Ceske Budejovice. The town's German name, Budweis, gave both beers their name - and cause for their nearly century-long trademark war in courts worldwide. "Every time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small Beer for Czech Bud Lovers | 9/26/2007 | See Source »

...reflect about myself too but that probably isnt the same picture that you’d see. so i guess its up to whoever wants to know to find out.” 3. FM: Ooh, cryptic. What are you planning on concentrating in? 2011: “My thirst for knowledge will never be quenched because I will always want to know more.” 4. FM: I guess that means you’ll be spending a lot of time in the library. How do you feel about that? 2011: “How far back...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with the Class of 2011 | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...news sources that strive for objectivity (even if they occasionally fall short) will always be valued in American society more than blogs and pundits that spin facts but rarely report them. Murdoch’s acquisition of The Wall Street Journal will not change the public’s thirst for news...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Don’t Believe the Hype | 9/11/2007 | See Source »

...spider-like "train shed" - at 243 feet, still the biggest single span of cast ironwork in the world. Beneath it lies the concourse, supported by nearly 1,000 cast-iron pillars in a vast basement. Once used as a warehouse for Northern bitters to quench Victorian London's insatiable thirst for beer - each pillar is said to stand two ale barrels apart - this muscular 19th century vision will be complimented with a 21st century sleekness: shops, bars, restaurants, a farmers' market and the longest champagne bar in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can British Rail Regain its Grandeur? | 8/29/2007 | See Source »

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