Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
If there is any single thing a politician should be able to do--and should enjoy doing--it should be talking. Over the centuries, the art of rhetoric has evolved from Pericles' funeral oration to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and from Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty" to John F.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
For most of us, the economic and health crises in the Third World seem so overwhelming, so unsolvable, that we choose to focus our political and intellectual energy on other issues.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
It was the loudest sound I had ever heard. Just five minutes earlier, I stood in that cafeteria deciding whether to eat a hot, sit-down meal, or take a sandwich out into the brutally hot but quiet courtyard.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
With some bad luck and some questionable officiating, the men's soccer team dropped a game at home for the first time this season on Monday.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
The Columbia women's cross-country squad took another big step in its pursuit of national prominence this weekend at the Pre-NCAAs in Terre Haute, Indiana. The Light Blue finished sixth overall in the 37-team "white race," which consisted of many nationally ranked schools.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
On September 28, the field hockey team beat LaSalle to even their record at .500 and give them high hopes regarding the rest of their season. Since then, however, the Lions have gone into a free-fall.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
The fairweather fan--the worst thing in sports. Worse than Terrell Owens' post-touchdown shenanigans. Worse than two fans attacking Royals' first base coach Tom Gamboa. Worse than José Canseco.
Tue, Oct 22, 2002, 12:00am
For all the acrobatic saves that first-year Stony Brook goalkeeper Cindy Bennett made last night, she will likely remember only the one that eluded her.
Mon, Oct 21, 2002, 12:00am
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