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Meanwhile, shrapnel has shredded the left thumb of Lance Corporal Adam Sardinas. But he keeps his finger on the trigger of a grenade launcher, and it's not until another Marine arrives to relieve him that he finally turns for the slit doorway. "Let me get outta here," he says. "I'm hit pretty bad." But the battle goes on: below the Marines' outpost, al-Qaeda fighters toting AK-47s dart in and out of view. As blood from Sardinas and Wilson pools at his feet, Sergeant William Morrow grips the grenade launcher. A fellow Marine spots an insurgent...
...Wedding Singer This musical version of the Adam Sandler movie looks like nothing so much as one of Broadway's ubiquitous jukebox musicals ? in which a cheesy, tongue-in-cheek story is draped with old pop hits from Elvis or the Beach Boys. Except that this time someone has written new songs, which kind of defeats the purpose. The show winks at the audience so relentlessly, with references to ?80s icons from Flashdance to Mr. T, that eventually you just tune out. Some good tunes would have helped, but the score (by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin) is forgettable, like...
...Ohiomoba said. “It’s an opportunity to make a significant contribution to a field, and I think the Hoopes Prize realizes this doesn’t necessarily correlate to grades.”Of the Class of 2006 the winners from Adams House are Ian K.L. Goh, Matthew Guarnieri, Julian E. Kolev, and Philip W. Kreycik, from Cabot House Sarah L. Paiji, and from Currier House James Sawalla Guseh II, Steve Y. Lee, Pablo M. Ros, Gregory J. Valiant, and Danny F. Yagan.Dunster House winners are William P. Deringer, Sarah E. Fawcett, Mary J. James...
...five players selected to the All-Ivy First Team—four more than the Tigers and one more than any other team in the league. The eight Ivy League coaches who voted on the awards also named Harvard sophomore Shawn Haviland Ivy League Pitcher of the Year. Freshman Adam Cole, No. 2 in the Crimson rotation this year behind Haviland, was honored as one of the league’s Co-Rookies of the Year. Brown outfielder Stephen Daniels split the award with Cole. Yale first baseman Marc Sawyer was named Ivy League Player of the Year, beating Harvard...
...Adam Shulman, who works for Boston’s Department of Transportation, also said Boston may turn the parking along North Harvard Street by the Business School into two hour or metered spots in response to resident complaints that commuters are leaving their cars there all day, as they park and walk into Harvard Square to catch...