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...19th century coach, not a Ferrari. But when you arrive on campus in the middle of the year, fresh out of a painful breakup with the girl who may have pulled you to the Northeast in the first place, all the while watching people trickle in from warm-weather intersession trips cracking inside jokes in the dining hall in groups of eight to 12, you begin to feel very small. You are a floater, a piece of paperwork for the house administration, and, more often than not, especially mid-year, you are the disappointing replacement of a close friend either...
Afraid that adverse weather would ruin the parade, they decided to cancel the spectacle for the first time in its history. In its place, they staged a “photo op” on the porch. The traditional parade could be taken or left, but the executives of the show knew they could not get away without the traditional kiss on the cheek...
...known for his punctuality, Summers arrived fifteen minutes early for the meeting after a short walk across the Yard from his office in Massachusetts Hall. Wearing a suit but no coat in yesterday’s temperate weather, Summers was accompanied by his chief of staff, Jason Solomon...
...Brunstad's 70th, the weather was too bad to attempt the swim, but three days later, slathered in lanolin and petroleum jelly, he slipped into the water at 9:13 a.m. at Abbot's Cliff, south of Dover, England, and emerged on Sangatte Beach, south of Calais, France, 15 hours and 59 minutes later. Every half hour along the way, he was thrown a nutrient drink. Every two hours, he took a swish of Tom's of Maine mouthwash to rinse the salt water out of his mouth. With the current, Brunstad estimates he swam a total of 32 miles...
...clad on a warm, sunny beach. But for two days beginning Jan. 29, 2005, the St. Vincent Tournante, a 61-year-old wine festival, will take over the city of Beaune, just two hours or so from Paris by train. Expect chilly temps (in the low 40s) and wet weather, but the event is sure to be a slice of sweet local wine culture in one of the most exalted wine lands in the world...