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Down five with the clock winding down, freshman Katie Gates airballed an off-balance three-pointer into the hands of Dartmouth sophomore guard Courtney Banghart...
Interstate 70 is a beautiful highway, and even at ten o'clock at night, the snow crested mountains shimmered in the moonlight, and the frozen waterfalls peered down at me as I drove along. I reflected upon the last semester-I was feeling rather nerdy and decided to evaluate whether I had learned much since September. I concluded that I had; Harvard had taught me a great deal...
...began a week in which talk about a Hillary run--which had been at a low buzz since January--rose to a clamorous din and then to a round-the-clock media roar. Just when the Republic thought it could safely turn its attention toward more pressing matters (How could the Yankees trade David Wells? What will ER do without George Clooney?), the Clintons snagged the headlines and talk shows for themselves--but with some good news for a change. Daniel Patrick Moynihan anointed the First Lady heir to his Senate seat, gushing over her "magnificent, young, bright, able, Illinois...
...states have passed graduated licensing laws that heavily restrict the youngest drivers. Similar proposals are pending in more than 15 other states. Though they vary in severity, these laws typically have three stages. First, at age 15 or 16, comes a learner's permit, with which the teen must clock up to 50 hours of adult-supervised driving. Then, about six months later, the teen can get a provisional license. Finally, the teen can get a full license, provided there have been no accidents or violations...
...Says You! you will hear real or bluff definitions of such words as trank, chelp, and fubsy. You'll ponder this riddle: "Why is the third hand on a clock called the second hand?" But the abiding fun is in the college bull-session informality of the players' banter. Most of them are wizards of the Boston media, and they enjoy one another's wit almost as much as they enjoy cutting in with a bon mot of their own. It's an invigorating workout just to keep up with them, and Sher presides with the indulgence of a genial...