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...Beyond the weather factor, which is obviously huge, I think students were pumped about Yardfest, everybody was taking about it,” said CEB chair John F. Pararas ’08-’09. “The artist selection made people get excited that it was something different...
...controversy also tapped worries about whether Obama--with his liberal voting record, lack of experience and unconventional brand of politics--can weather a Republican onslaught in the fall. Obama's advisers concede that his insurgent campaign against Clinton was going so smoothly, it was a little hard to know how the candidate would handle a crisis of his own making--as opposed to finding the right way to distance himself from the incendiary remarks of others. Obama's own words were potentially more damaging than the controversial comments of his minister Jeremiah Wright or even his wife Michelle's declaration...
Branson does not accept that idea. Virgin, he says, can succeed where discount and traditional carriers have failed, by offering something different: a hybrid that delivers good service at a reasonable price and eliminates the hub-and-spoke approach that creates mayhem whenever the weather sours. He has convinced his investors, who have so far put $312 million in capital into Virgin America, that this model can work in the U.S. "We're going to shake up the market," he says. Branson expects Virgin America to be profitable within two years. He has done this before: both his British...
...those present: Healthy was delicious.The question is, will this marriage last in the real world? Is it the product of true love, or of a Temptation Island for Foodies? Dining in the heart of Napa Valley, eating fine fare prepared by CIA chefs in perfect 75-degree weather, the latter seemed likely. The HMS-CIA union made sense in the palm tree-lined, perfectly manicured estate (read: castle) of the former Christian Brothers Winery. But take the philosophy home; bring it back to Bell Buckle, Tennessee or Garfield, Arkansas. How well does nutritional advice hold up in the face...
...There is disagreement about what the weather forecast had been for that afternoon. The OTC maintains there had been no prediction of heavy rain. However, a local bureau, MetService, is saying otherwise. What is clear is that at around 3:30 a downpour, described by OTC chief executive Grant Davidson as a "rain bomb," struck the area, causing an extremely rapid rise in the river's water level. It soared from 0.5 cubic meter to 18 cubic meters in half an hour, according to Davidson. "I have seen that amount of water but I have never seen it come down...