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Kicking off spring break in the warm weather is what most college students dream of. For the Harvard softball squad, playing six games in four days in Georgia is hardly a vacation, but it is the next best thing. The Crimson finished second in the Mercer Easter Classic, and junior Bailey Vertovez earned Ivy Player of the Week honors for her efforts. Vertovez went 7-for-12 at the plate, played an error-free three games at shortstop, and was the starting pitcher against Mercer, giving up just two runs in four innings...
...while his warm words undoubtedly caused Sarkozy's ears to tingle warmly when they reached him within the Elysée, McCain made it clear elsewhere he was in Paris on a mission of his own. Flanked by fellow Senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, McCain noted they'd undertaken their week long fact-finding tour of Iraq, Jordan, Israel, England and France as members of Congress's Armed Services committee - not as some sort of campaign foreign road show. Perhaps, but discussing international affairs with foreign leaders and enhancing McCain's presidential hopes aren't mutually exclusive. Still, McCain...
...quips, conviction, and clear interest in international affairs sent the assembled French and international journalists away largely impressed from their 15 minutes with McCain. By playing the welcoming, if invisible, host at this juncture, meanwhile, Sarkozy has ensured himself an equally warm White House reception should McCain prevail next November...
...poses of contortion. To be in transit is to be disconnected, but for some of those sleeping here, rootlessness is not temporary. Each night, scores of London's homeless men and women take advantage of modern travel delays by posing as stranded passengers in order to sleep in a warm and safe place. They play a cat-and-mouse game with police, often donning floral shirts, fanny packs and other travel accessories to blend in. And their increasing creativity - and ability to disappear in Heathrow's swelling crowds of delayed passengers - has prompted the airport to try a new approach...
...homeless people contacted included a man sleeping under his coat, another conspicuously hiding behind an open newspaper, and a woman clutching a duty free bag who insisted she was waiting for a flight, only to whisper when police were out of earshot: "I can't afford electricity; it's warm here; please, let me stay...