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...night they appear, prefects lead theircharges on a wild goose chase through the Yard.They are supposed to be competing against all theother dorms in this Hunt for the Yard Plate, afancy-looking silver platter. But with 1600 bodiestearing through the dark and screamingHolworthy/Thayer/Canaday Rules!, it isanyone's guess who wins...
...women who today tend to shun teaching in favor of better-paying professions. Whittle's application of free-market techniques to schooling is what most troubles his critics, who fear that the traditional interaction between teachers and students will get lost amid the high-tech gadgetry and the chase for profits...
...many of the homeless, this is all just so much dithering. Becirovic, who would like to move abroad, has been on a wild-goose chase since late April. First, he tried to make his way to Germany, where a generous asylum law enables refugees to stay for an extended period. But the Austrians wouldn't let Becirovic and his family across their border without German visas. Then he turned to Western embassies in Zagreb. "The Americans refer me to their embassy in Vienna, but I can't get there without a visa," he says. He has run up against...
Raul E. Osorio, a clerk at Store 24, is optimistic about the increasing visibility of the police. "It makes more sense than sitting in their car," he says. "They will be able to walk off the donuts, and will be able to chase people better...
...next door. Then the ragged choir of St. Katherine's convent swings into a tambourine-rattling version of Smokey Robinson's My Guy -- "There's not a man today/ Who could take me away/ From my God" -- and Sister Act instantly enslaves its audience. A few more tunes, a chase, a conversion % (nowadays every movie needs one), and by its end, the picture exudes the odor of a summer...