Harvard President Drew Faust praised the graduating Harvard students for their dedication and commitment to serve, and lauded the more than 300 students now enrolled at Harvard following military service, either on a break from duty to develop new skills, or as they transition to civilian life.
And whose hefty, crop-haired elders - several, we later learnt enjoying a break from duty at the island's two British Forces enclaves - clogged the palm-fringed pool, pints on the go at 10.30am when our recuperative nap was interrupted by an argument over a game of Uno in villa 52.
He has also suffered from a back problem and insists concerns over his physical condition are the only reason he is taking a break from England duty.
Soft loans and a temporary break from stamp duty, dangled tantalisingly on September 2nd, might tempt a few to take the plunge.
Passers-through on lunch break from jury duty have no doubt eaten their share in the Chinese restaurants lining Baxter Street.
Vito Russo, the society's president, who recently retired after 32 years of fixing city elevators, took a break from zeppole duty the other day to tell a few.
When I spoke to him by phone recently, he was preparing to take a break from military duty to open a show in Dubai, where his work would be exhibited alongside that of Damien Hirst.
"Other headlines, other news," said Bob Britt, 70, a retired computer support manager, summing up the distractions as he watched a bank of television screens in the lobby of a Denver office building during his lunch break from jury duty.
Rudy crying?" Karen Pettingel, a graphic designer on a break from jury duty in downtown Brooklyn on Thursday, said she, too, was struck by Mr. Giuliani's uncharacteristic display of raw emotion.
Mixu Paatelainen's bottom-of-the-table side enjoyed a welcome break from league duty courtesy of Fraser's well-taken goal in the 85th minute, just when it looked liked this fifth-round tie was heading for a replay at Firhill on Tuesday night.
That same afternoon, Lou Lomonaco, 42, who lives on City Island in the Bronx and works as a high school guidance counselor, took a break from jury duty at the courthouse up the hill to peer inside the new stadium, where attractions will include a high-end steakhouse and a Hard Rock Cafe.
