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Sometime during his vacation in Guatemala this week, Staff Writer Michael Lemonick will unpack his amateur astronomer's 4-in. reflecting telescope, set it on its tripod and focus low on the southern horizon. His target: the pinprick of light from Supernova 1987A, the exploding star that is the subject of his cover story in this week's issue. Lemonick, who lives in Princeton, N.J., has made a hobby of stargazing for the past two years. "I usually set up the telescope in my backyard, but Princeton is just too far north to see 1987A. If you travel...
...clean jump suits, their possessions bundled in white sheets. The other inmates, skinheaded and clad in sweaty green jump suits, watch as prison officers in camouflage uniforms set upon the trio. "Can't you move any faster than that, son?" barks an officer, after ordering the new men to unpack and then repack their belongings. One panicked inmate starts to respond. Snarls the officer: "You don't ask me questions, son! Do you understand that?" "Yessir." "I can't hear you. Speak up, son!" "Yessir!" Minutes later, the young men are sitting in straight- backed chairs having their hair mowed...
...execute such a plan, assuming that nothing beyond his or her control, like a plane delay, occurs. Not only registration, but classes themselves begin at Harvard College on the 18th, and they meet until Friday. Three full days must pass before the weekend and an opportunity to 1)unpack 2)retrieve all stored articles from basements of either dorms in the Yard, the Union, or the house 3)construct a living environment. Very simply, the above, necessary activities are time consuming, and during a regular school day this time does not exist. Therefore, if a student must wait until...
...only when spoken to. But houses are claustrophobic. On a boat the sky is part of our living space, like a tree house." To a landbound observer, a boat is like the center seat of an L-1011 on a nonstop flight to Singapore, on which one has to unpack and repack for every meal. But the observer misses the point: the life is different, and the people are, therefore, special. Joe Pluhar, who until a few weeks ago was the owner of the marina with his wife Bobbi, says, "The people made the marina, they helped, pitched in, patrolled...
...youself how well you would do now on exams you wrote in your freshman your. When you unpack your luggage, glance through a notebook or two and compare the number of "facts" you have retained to those you have forgotten...