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Ending a bruising summer with a long-delayed vacation on Martha's Vineyard, President Clinton turned his attention to important, ego-satisfying goals in life, like getting his golf score under 80. He got as close as 82, and spent the rest of the week resting with his family and having dinner with superlawyer Vernon Jordan, Katharine Graham of the Washington Post and novelist William Styron...
...course is one of the few places where Clinton can quickly shut the presidency out of his mind. He does not tolerate shop talk on the links and has said he likes the game because he can play it slowly. When an aide approached him last year on a Vineyard course, Clinton barked, "Don't bring me any bad news...
Irish government officials met with vacationing President Clinton on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and made a pitch for upping the aid they get in the wake of an I.R.A.-declared cease-fire that went into effect Wednesday night. Clinton, while he said he wanted to "reach out" to all communities in Northern Ireland, did not promise any specific amount. White House aides said it would be a while before the current $20 million in annual aid could be increased...
...ecstatic displays appear to have American origins. They are similar to the flamboyant services -- characterized by the trademark laughing outbursts -- conducted by Rodney Howard-Browne, a Pentecostal revivalist from Louisville, Kentucky. According to Charisma magazine, an American pastor who saw Howard-Browne in action brought word to the Vineyard Christian Fellowship, a Charismatic church near the Toronto International Airport. Similar outbursts began taking place there in January, at six-nights-a-week services that can last until 3 a.m. They have since spread to churches of several denominations across Canada as well as to England...
That is not to say that the students do not treat their two months of Harvard like summer camp. Weekend trips to Martha's Vineyard or Cape Cod are popular excuses not to study. As are Red Sox games, or Institute of Politics speeches or even street musicians. Boston and Harvard offer so much to do, it becomes difficult to remember the "school" part...