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...overcome a lot of adversity and she’s done a really great job,” sophomore Sam Rosekrans said last Saturday. “I feel like it was hard for all of the freshmen the first couple of weeks of school, to adjust to a new environment,” Green said. “It was probably particularly hard for Holly to come from Australia, but as the weeks went on and the months went on she started getting more comfortable with life in the U.S.”Yet being so far from home...
...Globe to close. Radwan Kheireddine of C’est Bon Convenience said he expects any loss in business to be temporary. “In the beginning, we’ll hurt a little bit,” he said. “But we’ll adjust...
...small amount of this approach seems to help smokers quit, dieters lose weight and patients with diabetes or chronic pain stay out of the hospital. University of Nevada, Reno, psychologist Steven Hayes believes our Prozac culture has trained us to avoid all discomfort, leaving us reluctant to exercise or adjust our thermostats. "We're supposed to be happy-happy-joy-joy all the time," Hayes says. "Obama is trying to help us get past that...
...still primarily instrumentally driven, but his sound has evolved into something catchier, lighter, and ultimately more inviting. “Build Voice,” the album’s opener, begins with a grating, repetitive drone which eventually becomes the backbone of the entire track. After your ears adjust to the initial irritation, however, it somehow morphs into an undeniably musical sound. The same drone is no longer unsettling noise but an oscillation between two notes with a clear, pounding rhythm driving the music forward. The sound is no longer the drone of bees or an overcrowded city street...
...might expect such confidence from a well-seasoned upperclassman—not a bright-eyed freshman from San Diego, Calif., especially one forced to adjust to a higher level of play as well as a new climate. Brown, however, exhibits tenacity far beyond her years...