Word: alie
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good defense is the goaltender, and the Bears have one of the nation's best in senior Ali Brewer (1.34 GAA). Brewer, the only netminder in the nation to defeat Harvard last season, earned First-Team All-America honors with her stellar play...
...Tigers (15-14-1, 14-11-1) are a young team but should once again compete for a playoff berth this season. For that to happen, however, Princeton must replace the scoring production of forward Ali Coughlin (19, 21), a Kazmaier nominee last season...
...student takes a shot: "How you love the people who have conquered you?" Again the teacher demurs. "I'm talking about how the villagers at first reject Hester, but later on their opinion changes. Carl?" Carl, seemingly asleep in the back of the class, asks, "You talking about Muhammad Ali?" Mendelson, a carnivore spotting its prey: "What does the villagers' treatment of Hester have to do with our treatment of Muhammad Ali...
...Well, I guess he was different at first, but later on they realized what he did, how it was good..." A girl named Ellen picks up: "Once people prove they can win, they're all glorified." "Close," prods Mendelson. Another girl administers the coup de grace: "Muhammad Ali, the farther he got into Parkinson's--now he's harmless, and so they're not afraid of him anymore. He's like a Hester now that she's a good girl." Mendelson, triumphant: "Once an enemy of society has been defeated, we can embrace them and call her cute little Hester...
...class nods knowingly. Hester and Ali, Ali and Hester. Whether in years to come they will share Mendelson's disdain for the easy sentimentality, they at least stand a chance of recognizing...