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...Russia is an 87-year-old dissident with a juicy backstory. A mini-series based on ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN'S once banned 1968 anti-Soviet novel, First Circle, attracted 15 million viewers a night, beating out even a broadcast of Terminator 3. After being imprisoned by Stalin, exiled to Vermont and triumphantly welcomed home in 1994, the reclusive writer has not always been in the forefront of Russians' hearts. Dismissed as passé, he endured the indignity of seeing his talk show canceled because of low ratings. But the success of the mini-series, for which the Nobel winner wrote the screenplay...
...Harvard alpine and nordic ski teams. Competing on Friday and Saturday at the Dartmouth Skiway in Hanover, N.H., and the Craftsbury Ski Center in Craftsbury, Vt., the Harvard took ninth at the Dartmouth Winter Carnival, finishing in that position for the third time in three events this season. Vermont won the carnival, posting 815.0 points to overcome second-place Middlebury College (788.0) and the Big Green (747.0). The Crimson finished with 256.0 points, tallying just over half the score of eighth-place St. Lawrence (504.0). Harvard’s best events as a team were also ninth-place finishes...
...Attorney General," Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont said at one point, "I'm getting the impression this administration picks and chooses what it's subject to." Senators asked directly if opening first-class mail or listening to calls beginning and ending inside the U.S. without notifying a court could be justified under the same argument. Gonzales wouldn't answer, saying he couldn't talk about operational details. Senators repeatedly pressed him on who was keeping the National Security Agency (NSA) program in check. How could Americans be assured that the government was only listening to the phone calls...
...result, it?s growing well beyond its original scope: Philadelphia, Boston, the Bronx and cities in Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island have received a total of 45 million gallons of the subsidized Citgo fuel, and other cities are slated for another 5 million soon. That?s a small percentage of the heating oil Venezuela exports to the U.S. each year, but Citgo says it has set aside about 10% of its refined petroleum products for the program. Says Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C., "Unfortunately for the Bush Administration, Chavez is proving...
...Harvard alpine and nordic ski teams this 2006 season, nine has been a lucky number. Coming off a ninth-place showing in the first event of the season at the St. Lawrence Carnival, the Crimson repeated the feat last weekend, finishing ninth at the Vermont Carnival at Mount Mansfield Saturday. Although ninth place may not appear to be a huge success for the young Harvard ski program, the back-to-back ninth place performances are a step in the right direction. “We’re a growing program moving forward against incredibly formidable teams, with skiers that...