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...decades, spend time in 70s-era failed experiments in anti-riot architecture, or if you’re really lucky, be exiled to fringe locations in the nether regions of our beautiful campus. Our condolences, Pennypacker residents. But by now, you’ve encountered the immutable Cambridge weather pattern that always makes freshman move-in day the hottest day of the school year. Don’t fret; you’ll be freezing your butt off soon enough. And surprise! You won’t be issued a pillow or a land-line phone as in past years...
Beautiful weather graced the one-day Central Series One, held at Tufts University on Saturday. After the eight races, both of Harvard’s teams were at the top of the standings—the B-division unit took first with a 27-point total and the A-division team was right behind, totaling 40 points...
...reality TV, 90% of success is in the concept, and Survivor's remains the master equation: isolation + cash prize + hot-weather clothing = entertainment. Still, the 10% that is execution separates the best from the rest, and Survivor remains a constantly surprising and enthralling game, both socially and physically. Even after seven years, there's no clear single best way to win the political game: Is it better to be liked or respected, a master athlete or a master strategist? Whether or not it sheds any light on how people behave in real society, it remains the most engrossing example...
...Vincent says visitors to the shop frequently asked whether the dismal climes were usual for Paris - a question he ironically heard not solely due to the weather. Interestingly, by mid-August, tourism officials were already reporting the highest number of foreign visitors to Paris since 2002, and hotel occupancy rates were also above normal. The area is expected to get an additional boost through September and October, meanwhile, as rugby fans flock to France to watch matches in the sport's World...
...while it won't do much for Parisians bundled up against the early September rain and low temperatures, they may take some consolation in knowing the summer was just as bad in other parts of France. Normandy and Brittany experienced wet, cold weather, while the Atlantic coast from the Bordeaux region down to the Spanish border was doused by record-setting volumes of rain. The impact of that went beyond slumping tanning lotion sales. Between cold demis of beer that never got ordered to ice cream that stayed unscooped; from crops that didn't ripen enough to cultivate into summer...