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There are no similar public indiscretions on Watson's record. In fact, he is so unbending and formal in his role as ambassador that his aides refer to him as "the Straight Arrow." Yet it is known that when he does unwind with a drink, he tends to be giddy in true college-boy fashion. In response to the Anderson report, the State Department, acting on White House instructions, declared that Watson continued to enjoy the President's confidence. But the State Department did not make an outright denial of the incident...
...recruiting drought has also produced a new institution in post-graduation planning: the breather year, during which graduates take an extended break before finding a job or continuing their education. Some temporary dropouts travel abroad, others take undemanding jobs as cab drivers, ski patrollers or bartenders to help unwind from the pressures of college life. At Dartmouth, 18% of graduating seniors say that they will take a pause of at least a year before resuming their careers...
...still a schooling handicap. But then again, the boys, who; get only a small allowance each week, aren't subject to the pressures of traveling grown-ups -you know, wasting time with those worthless chickies on the road, migraine headaches, creaking bones, drugs and alcohol-instead, they unwind nightly with pillow fights and card games, Scrabble and Monopoly...
...make it over the road to their point of land. Those people who do make it in for a long visit have to learn a few things. "When people come here to stay with us here in the winter," Lance explains, "it takes a while for them to unwind. They get here and they seem to be waiting for something to happen. After a while they begin to relax-they find out that they can just live and take their time to do things. I spent hours last year just watching an eagle catching air currents by the cliffs...
Then both teams started to unwind. The Crimson stayed within five points of Columbia, 23-18, on the strength of three jumpers by guard Matt Bozek, who paced Harvard with 24 tallies. Although Crimson guard Dale Dover finished with 21 points, Harvard never came closer than that...