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...When we leave in June, we shall miss everyone here more than we can express, but we are confident that the special place that Currier has been will go on being...the ‘best kept secret’ in the College,” they wrote in their e-mail to the House yesterday...
...arrival of all these immigrants was basically a volcanic eruption, and the ashes changed the global climate. Irish people poured into the Five Points [section of Lower Manhattan], and they became a large part of this criminal underclass. They were just waiting for this flashpoint of civil riot to express their rights and loot the city...
...three previous terms as speaker. When a referendum instructing representatives to vote against Finneran for speaker appeared on the ballot in 18 districts last year, all 18 passed it—but only three of those representatives voted against him. The fact that the other 15 representatives disregarded the express wish of their constituents is a testament to Finneran’s authoritarian, vehemently selfish style—which has fostered about as much open democratic discourse in the House as Stalin did in the Politburo...
...American public has enjoyed for the past three decades." It seems as if everyone is trying to get in on that show; Beagle is one of five spacecraft heading to Mars next year. Pillinger's pod will hitch a ride on the $200 million European Space Agency's Mars Express mission, which will also launch a satellite around the planet. Next comes the $650 million NASA Mars Exploration project, which is actually two separate rover missions. And around the same time, Japan's $132 million Nozomi orbiter will arrive to test the Martian atmosphere. Those price tags are modest, compared...
Envy is all over garrison keillor's article complaining about express lanes for first-class passengers at airport security checkpoints [ESSAY, Dec. 2]. It irks him that you can get better service by paying more. But if everybody gets above-average treatment, we simply redefine the level of service. Forced equalization reduces incentives to excel. As for security searches, if Keillor wants to encourage passengers to submit meekly to them, he ought to make a convincing argument instead of waving the overused Sept. 11 flag. It's like dabbing your eyes when there are no tears. THERESA LONG Williamsburg...