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Beyond Power is part ideological tract, part history of the world according to feminism. In a brisk romp through the ages, readers learn that an 18th century woman playwright, Olympe de Gouges, came down firmly on both sides of the French Revolution, and that Crystal Eastman founded the American Civil Liberties Union but got no credit for it. No male abuse of females goes unchronicled, and to give the author her due, the long litany, from foot binding to burning for witchcraft, has a sobering effect. French, an academic who has taught English at Harvard, Hofstra and Holy Cross, seems...
Consider, for example, the recent notice of pending subpoena submitted to the associate Provost’s Office by the RIAA, mentioned in the Crimson on March 18th. It suggested that at least two cases of copyright infringement had been traced back to computers in the Longwood Medical Area, and that a request for the identity of the infringing parties would likely soon be filed with the courts...
...blood spilled over to last fall's Ryder Cup, at which U.S. captain Hal Sutton paired Woods and Mickelson against European opponents. Although teammates, they could barely look at each other. It didn't help that Mickelson played like a Sunday hacker; when he sliced an 18th-hole drive into an impossible lie, Woods grimaced in disgust. But the dysfunctional dynamic is a gift for the tour. When the pair went shot for shot at the Ford championship on a Sunday in early March (Woods won by a stroke), NBC's year-over-year ratings ballooned 96%. Tour officials...
...resulting emphasis on special teams play put St. Lawrence—way down the national list at 18th in combined special teams—at a serious disadvantage...
With the first novice boat finishing 12 seconds ahead of Northeastern and more than a minute in front of BC, Radcliffe secured its seventh consecutive Rowlands Cup and 18th victory out of 22 tries. The second novice, varsity four A, and varsity four B all enjoyed open water wins as well...