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...game.”The youngest members of the squad got some invaluable experience on the water as they were featured heavily during the second half. Sophomore Kelly Peeler scored her first goal of the season as freshmen Patricia Smith and Nathasha Whitney also got in the scoring act with a goal apiece. “It’s always important, especially since we’re graduating such a large senior class, that the [underclassmen] get more playing time,” co-captain Vivian Liao said.“Playing time is something that you can?...
Reinstein said that the ACLU has filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to discover whether Harvard shares the intelligence it gathers with the federal government. Other schools have connections with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs), local teams of law enforcement and intelligence specialists formed to investigate terrorism...
...journalist and member of some shady organization or other. He’s racist, homophobic, generally unpleasant, and not the kind of person you’d want to meet, let alone be stuck in a hotel room with.RR: Does anyone you know inspire you to act out those characteristics?NO: Fortunately, I’ve never met anyone Jas horrible as Ian. He’s the sort of person who says the things he says off the cuff. He’s the sort of person whose instinctive response to anything is to say something nasty and racist...
...humanizes and demonizes them. Rockwell is unnerving in the part of a born-again Christian who attempts to redeem himself in Annie’s eyes, despite her rejections. His ploy to use religion as an excuse to punish Annie is disturbing; but even as he commits an unforgivable act, he seems just as vulnerable as his victim. In the same manner, Beckinsale’s performance is powerful and honest. Trapped by Glenn’s pleas, the lies of her affair, and even her daughter, Annie is possibly the most flawed character. But her pitfalls, while frustrating, evoke...
...since that party when he and she, in a moment of port-induced passion, confessed their respective marital sins before the whole of society. If only one had made a revelation, it would have been the swift end to their marriage—regardless the performance of the matrimonial act had certainly come to an end—but their mutual admissions had trapped the Viscount and Viscountess in a sort of agonizing stasis. Under such circumstances, there could be few hours in life more painful than those dedicated to the dark ritual of afternoon tea.They only wanted for something?...