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...Vast oceans of words have been poured between hard covers trying to document and explain Richard Nixon, perhaps the most peculiar man ever to occupy the White House. Given this tidal wave, what more could be written that is worth swimming through? The answer is Richard Reeves' new book, President Nixon: Alone in the White House (Simon & Schuster; 702 pages...
...every potential Armageddon since the Cuban missile crisis. From the cold war to the Gulf War to Y2K (how quaint it seems now, that odd abbreviation), a certain vocal minority hereabouts has been hoarding ammunition, boiling water and stockpiling gold coins in hopes of riding out some vast calamity that will devastate the unprepared while leaving savvy country folk untouched. That was the vision, at least, until last month, when the attacks on New York City and Washington proved to all but the most stubborn of mountain dwellers that that's not the way it's going...
...town is Alang-Alang, a small boutique resort offering handsome bungalows, a pool filled by a waterfall and, in the evening, a candlelit restaurant overlooking the sea; the rate is $100. For reservations, call (62-370) 693-518. Honeymooners or the really flush should head farther north. In vast grounds on its own headland opposite the Gili Islands is the Oberoi, Lombok's premier resort. The huge bungalows are well spaced and beautifully maintained. Some have private pools. Its showpiece is the main pool, sculpted with shallow ponds on either side like a rice terrace, disappearing in seamless steps into...
...seems to me that there were three outgrowths of the end of the Cold War. One was the economic boom fueled by our high-technology industries. This, along with the opening up of vast parts of the world that had been closed, including Eastern Europe, led to this huge, unparalleled jump in the Dow, 6,000 points in six years...
...this year’s squad has eight NHL draft picks on its roster. The Crimson has produced an ECAC-best four picks in each of the two most recent drafts. Unlike No. 7 Boston College, which lost three outstanding underclassmen from its 2000-01 national championsip team, the vast majority of the Crimson’s NHL draftees have played for the full four years...