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...nightlife, Garden Street is not a den of inequity by any stretch of the imagination. According to some residents, several first-year parties have been broken up by overzealous proctors as soon as the first soundwave escapes in to the hall...
When actor Robert Downey Jr. arrived with acamera crew--some guessed it was form MTV--moststudents forgot about their aching feet and beganto clamor for autographs. But a few minutes later,they quickly abandoned their new-found hero. Itwas time for them to enter the convention den andgreet another, older hero--Ronald W. Reagan...
...Media? The democratization of communications, from CNN to MTV to C-SPAN, means that these dinosaurs can now be bypassed. Congress? A fen of stagnant waters, a den of special interests. To the town hall...
...ritual would begin. I would click the "on" button of the television and plant mysellf on the couch in our den. Instantaneously, I would be sucked into the animated world of Scooby and Shaggy--not to escape from Saturday morning Cartoonland until five hours later when the networks began broadcasting sports like golf and bowling...
Pack-rat middens are found in arid regions of North and Central America and take shape when the acquisitive rodent, like its human namesake, collects and carries home virtually all the trash it can find. It piles the debris in its den, where it becomes saturated with urine. As the urine evaporates in the dry climate, it crystallizes, gradually enveloping the collection and forming a large, hard clump. Protected from the elements, the pack rat's trophies, like insects entombed in amber, are preserved for millenniums...