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...principal argued that she thought the message was about pot smoking and that it broke school rules against promoting illegal drugs, and Roberts agrees with her. He attempts a lawyerly gloss on the whole discussion by launching into an exegesis of the possible meanings of Bong Hits 4 Jesus, explaining that it "could be interpreted as an imperative" (DO bong hits), a celebration of drug use (bong hits are GOOD) or "gibberish" (TOO MANY bong hits). In any event, he concludes that it must have some meaning, and since the one the principal gave it is as good...
...recent years, Harvard's relationship with ROTC, banished from campus in 1969 due to concerns about the military's involvement in Vietnam, has warmed. Former President Lawrence H. Summers broke with precedent and spoke at the annual ROTC ceremony every year during his presidency in an effort to show support for students in the program and for expanded military access to the campus...
...HOLD A DEGREE in architecture, but Gianfranco Ferré's nickname, "the Architect of Fashion," was more a comment on his bold lines and structured, sophisticated designs. With his pronounced seams and modern white dress shirts, the influential Italian designer famously broke through the doors of French couture in 1989 when he became the rare foreign stylistic director for Christian Dior. (Of the flap he caused among traditionalists, he said, "Luckily my French wasn't that bad.") Ferré died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage a week before his 2008 spring-summer collection was to be unveiled in Milan...
...Immigration agents hustle him aboard a 78-seat jet as its lone passenger and deposit him in Guatemala City. Marcello and his American lawyer were later flown to El Salvador, where soldiers dumped the two expensively dressed men in the mountains. Marcello claimed he fainted three times and broke several ribs before finding his way to a small airport. Slipping secretly back into New Orleans, he vowed revenge against the Kennedys...
...been facing in recent days. The same day he lost his South Carolina chairman, Giuliani also saw his most prominent Iowa supporter sidelined, when former Rep. Jim Nussle was summoned to Washington to serve as new head of the Office of Management and Budget. The Long Island newspaper Newsday broke the story that Giuliani was a virtual no-show as a member of the Iraq Study Group - he was too busy making million-dollar speeches and other appearances, the article claimed - and resigned from the blue-ribbon panel after being told he must either pull...