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...hard to escape the cliches and the trite pieces of advice and say something in a way that will grab you, sitting there thinking about that final paper. It is hard to be concrete because such an awakening is very personal, and from this vantage point I can only vaguely make it out myself, there in the yellow wood. With courage, luck, and a year away, the stark realities will confront me at every turn, and I will learn from their challenges...
...council does not always strike out, of course. Extended shuttle service, 24-hour access to Cabot Library during reading period and "grab-and-go" lunches in Loker Commons are proof of that...
...their day, the Soviets never worked seriously at developing Caspian wells, largely because they did not want to create competition for their already flowing Siberian oil. Moscow still feels the same but hasn't figured out how to head off the flow of Caspian oil or to grab a large chunk of the profit. Russia does insert an environmental argument: the oil industry could threaten the Caspian sturgeon and its oily treasure, caviar. For its part, Iran says it will cooperate in Caspian development only if it gets, say, a 20% share of the sea's resources. Both Russia...
Rather than attacking advertising slogans--obviously designed to grab attention and clearly satirical in a show of this type--women should show support for the first predominantly female piece of musical theater to be performed at this school. If Cobelli thinks she is standing up for the advancement of the women's movement by declaring that she "will certainly not be in attendance" at It Takes A Woman, I challenge her to remember this caveat: "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Have faith in your fellow women and fellow actors. And above all, try to have a sense...
...Mackinac Island, park yourselves at the historic Grand Hotel, built in 1887. A major resort in its own right, Mackinac Island has plenty to keep the whole family busy, including the Butterfly House, a walk-through greenhouse filled with live butterflies and flowers, and Fort Mackinac. For starters, though, grab a taste of the island's world-famous fudge and take a carriage tour to get yourselves oriented. Then curl up in one of the hotel's porch rockers with a book by Ernest Hemingway or Edward Everett Hale: both writers found inspiration here many summers...