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Ravaged by desertification and poverty, the Central Asian city of Nukus is hardly on the tourist trail. Most people have never even heard of it or of Karakalpakstan, the autonomous republic of which Nukus is the capital. Reaching the city involves a knuckle-whitening three-hour flight in a Soviet-era aircraft - or a 40-hour drive across the steppes - from the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. But when you finally arrive at Nukus, there are two surreal sights to behold. The first is the dried-up bed of the Aral Sea - once the world's fourth-largest lake...
...best rush defense. The kickoff after the touchdown made things no better for the Crimson, when freshman running back Cheng Ho fumbled the kick and Penn recovered at the Harvard 22. The Crimson defense stiffened, holding the Quakers to just two yards and a field goal, but trailed 17-7 just 1:30 into the second quarter. The disasters were not yet finished for Harvard. On the next drive, the Crimson had marched to the Penn 46 before an attempted pass for junior wideout Corey Mazza was tipped and intercepted by Penn’s Patrick Kimmener and returned...
...Charles W. Breaux ’78, who lived in Patrick’s freshman year entryway, remembers that the future politician was less successful on the first-year party circuit than he would be on the campaign trail...
...state - there were reports of glitches, ballot errors, machines communicating in the wrong languages with voters, and continued doubts about chain of custody in the wake of multiple reports that most of the machines can be easily hacked. More than 26 states have adopted some kind of verifiable audit trail so voters can check their choices against the machine, but many states lack a paper trail of any kind, contending that it's not necessary or the printers are too expensive. Guam, at least, isn't taking chances: On Saturday, the American protectorate's governor signed a bill suspending...
...showmanship is a boon beyond the briefing room as well. Snow hit the campaign trail this fall, an unprecedented move for a White House press secretary. He headlined 17 fund raisers for G.O.P. candidates in the two months leading up to the midterms. Of course, it wasn't just Snow's popularity that put him on the stump. If Snow's conservative bona fides have made him as familiar to the Republican base as Bush is, Snow is also, for the moment, probably better liked. In the end, if a candidate would rather be seen with the press secretary than...