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It’s not unusual for Harvard’s politically inclined students to spend a weekend rallying in Virginia or canvassing New Hampshire to help bolster campaigns. But Harvard’s political fruit tends to fall far from the tree. When it comes to helping out back at home, many students favor physics over civics...
Some frequent fliers blow all their air miles on one big, exotic trip. Now they can start saving points toward the biggest trip of them all: a flight to space. Arlington, Virginia-based Space Adventures is now offering suborbital flights?that's just beyond our atmosphere, 100 km above the earth?from 2008 for those who have racked up 20 million points with American Express, or 10 million air miles with U.S. Airways. That's equivalent to 400 times around the globe. Until then, for 275,000 air miles and $8,000, would-be space adventurers can take a flight...
...against the No. 4 seed, Mark Barry, of Penn State. Nineteenth seed Chris Clayton and junior Scott Denenberg advanced to the third round, but both fell in straight sets. In the doubles draw, the No. 9 pair of Ermakov and senior Brian Wan defeated the No. 7 pair from Virginia Tech, 8-6, to advance to the quarterfinals. The tournament runs through tomorrow. —REBECCA A. SEESEL
...Speculation has centered on I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the Vice President's chief of staff, and Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser. Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia said on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday that he expected administration officials who were indicted would resign, and he thought that would be "appropriate." While nothing will shift attention from an indictment, the White House will move this week toward images that might help Bush's popularity. The President and First Lady Laura Bush will head to Howard University to promote the administration's anti-gang initiative. Bush...
Some frequent fliers blow all their air miles on one big, exotic trip. Now they can start saving points toward the biggest trip of them all: a flight to space. Arlington, Virginia-based Space Adventures is now offering suborbital flights - that's just beyond our atmosphere, 100 km above the earth - from 2008 for those who have racked up 20 million points with American Express, or 10 million air miles with U.S. Airways. That's equivalent to 400 times around the globe. Until then, for 275,000 air miles and $8,000, would-be space adventurers can take a flight...