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Zakharevich said she first encountered sudoku in a book that she purchased on a whim. After completing only two or three puzzles, however, she said they had already begun to lose their appeal. She recalls repeatedly following the same process to obtain answers...

Author: By Elaine Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: For Logic Problem, A Technical Solution | 10/21/2005 | See Source »

...competition.Enter Canadian Henley, a well-known regatta that ran during this summer from August 2 to 7 in St. Catherines, Ontario, and attracts teams from across North America.“We started thinking about it in June,” Rose said. “On a whim one night we were like ‘Let’s do this.’ We registered online while we were sitting around in Katie’s room in DeWolfe.”Part of the registration process required a team name. Naturally, the two turned...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rowing Duo Embarks on Wacky Adventure | 10/18/2005 | See Source »

Fundamentally, it will be a dangerous precedent if the government is able to tie federal funding to the whims of political opinion, invalidating the protection of the nondiscrimination code for all students. If the Pentagon really can take away massive grants that have literally nothing to do with the Department of Defense, there’s nothing but congressional restraint that stops them from changing any other university policy on a political whim. All students, whether queer or straight, conservative or progressive, powerful or powerless, should be concerned about the implications of that precedent for the sake of academic freedom...

Author: By Ryan R Thoreson | Title: The Solomon Precedent | 10/18/2005 | See Source »

...anything from Hermès again. Oprah says she will discuss the incident on her show. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the closed sign went up? Instead of expecting others to cater to her every whim, Oprah needs to get real and join us mere mortals. Patsy Ann Taylor Winter Park, Florida, U.S. I would have thought that Oprah, of all people, would understand that the same rules apply to her as to the average person. Isn't compassion what she's famous for? Surely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Wonders of Europe | 7/31/2005 | See Source »

...anything from Herm?s again. Oprah says she will discuss the incident on her show. Give us a break. The shop was closed. How many of us have raced to a store just as the closed sign went up? Instead of expecting others to cater to her every whim, Oprah needs to get real and join us mere mortals. Patsy Ann Taylor Winter Park, Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 7/25/2005 | See Source »

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