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First, a confession. Last winter, during the interminable debates at the United Nations before the invasion of Iraq, I thought - and wrote - that if the U.S. and Britain went to war against Saddam Hussein, France would join them. That was a triumph of cynicism over judgment - a cynicism shared, though this is no excuse, by top officials in the U.S. State Department - and it was, obviously, dead wrong. France stayed out of the war. For a few months this seemed like a catastrophic error on France's part, as Saddam was toppled and the Bush Administration puffed out its chest...
...CALENDAR ENTRY "Prepare evergreens for winter...
...Chan: kid from the country (superhuman martial artist Petchtai Wongkamlao) comes to the city on a noble mission, takes infernal beatings, kicks back even more furiously. It's insanely vigorous fun that's guaranteed to delight video action fans on four continents. Kim Ki Duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring starts as a tale of spiritual apprenticeship (boy taught by old monk) that might have come from the contemplative Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu; then this Korean film spirals into obsession and murder but without ever upsetting its gorgeously subtle cinematic palette...
Appearances to the contrary, this was not my first attempt at lighting a fire. Over the course of last year’s Siberian winter, my roommate and I burned enough wood to constitute a small tree—as well as our Science A midterms, several Duraflame logs, and half of a box of kitchen matches. Last winter was the first time either my roommate or I had ever been able to apply skills learned as Girl Scouts, and we reveled in the opportunity. We layered kindling and balled-up sheets of newspaper on the grate in elaborate crosshatch...
...students have been complaining about having to wake up so early. It’s incredibly cold outside that early in the morning during the winter,” said Sheila R. Adams ’05, last year’s vice-chair of the council’s Student Affairs Committee...