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...have let it be known their boss is weighing a run for Governor, meaning he could leave the Senate next year. And Die Hard 2 alumnus Fred Thompson of Tennessee will soon announce his plans; most think he won't return. Many of these Senators are convinced that since Vermont's Jim Jeffords became an independent and gave Democrats a majority, Republicans won't regain control of the Senate anytime soon. The more who retire, the more likely that is to be a self-fulfilling prophecy...
...made a dranyan (a six-stringed lute) from a gourd and fishing line and taught himself to play. In 1992, after graduating from the Tibetan Institute for Performing Arts in Dharamsala, India, Choephel earned a Fulbright scholarship and spent a year studying ethnomusicology and filmmaking at Middlebury College in Vermont. He planned to use his new training to preserve Tibetan song and dance--traditions that were endangered because Tibetan teens were more interested in pop music, and because Chinese officials were conducting a systematic campaign to obliterate Tibetan culture...
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont was heading to the Supreme Court Building to speak to a group of appellate judges. He had already heard the news from New York City. As he walked into the court building, he heard a muffled boom outside. It was the plane attacking the Pentagon. "I've got to tell you before we start there's some horrible, horrible news coming in," Leahy told the roomful of judges. By the time he was leaving the building, there were already 20 cops surrounding it. As he neared the Russell Senate Office Building, a Capitol policeman walked...
Unable to stay in one place for too long, I made a brief overnight trip to Vermont, to catch some summer stock, and particularly to watch blockmate Samuel H. Perwin ’04 star as Harold Hill. Ah, theater in a barn—yep, it was summer stock—and it was pretty good. Despite the heat and the rain, the young performers were quite appealing and, wow, are they worked hard. After the show, they put on a cabaret performance, as they routinely do, before ending the night and getting up early the next morning...
...Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont was heading to the Supreme Court Building to speak to a group of appellate judges. He had already heard the news from New York City. As he walked into the court building, he heard a muffled boom outside. It was the plane attacking the Pentagon. "I've got to tell you before we start there's some horrible, horrible news coming in," Leahy told the roomful of judges. By the time he was leaving the building, there were already 20 cops surrounding it. As he neared the Russell Senate Office Building, a Capitol policeman walked...