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...eagerly awaited British election finally kicked off last week. Yes, we had one already earlier this month, a real barnburner: it so absorbed the public that 40% of Britons forgot to vote. Good thing it was only a warmup act. The main event will unfold over the next few weeks, as the Conservative Party selects a new leader to replace the hapless William Hague. It should make for great entertainment. The frontrunner, Michael Portillo, has shed his reputation as a right-wing rabble-rouser to become the soothing, centrist voice of Tory moderation. "Our party has to appeal...
...part of the world Bush knows reasonably well. He'll pay his respects to the King and Queen (Juan Carlos is an old friend of Dad's), spend a few hours at the Prime Minister's country retreat and then get some down time in Madrid. "A good warmup," admits a pleased senior Administration official. Then things get real. "The next day it's over to Brussels," the official says, a tinge of worry in his voice. "That's the first rough day of sitting around with men in suits...
...last warmup games before Ivy play begins this weekend, the Harvard softball team blew away Holy Cross in a midday doubleheader at windswept Soldiers Field...
...find myself wondering if my lifelong disaffinity with even the simplest math separates me from my fellow travelers. Like all cults, pedal steel has its own subgenus, and in the field this particular cladistic branch appears to consist mostly of middle-aged working-class white men in warmup jackets and Nikes. A few conventiongoers are accompanied by wives or girlfriends, but there are no virtually no females participating in the event, and I hear of only one woman in attendance who actually plays the instrument. But it's pleasantly jarring to overhear a couple of old guys...
Neither contest was ever in doubt, nor does either game bear any real significance in the standings. However, Harvard Coach Jim Floerchinger noted that the team needed a warmup beyond the team's rigorous practices in order to properly prepare for the weekend's challenges...