Word: alongism
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...body, FIFA, rejected Ireland's demands that its controversial World Cup qualifying playoff match against France Wednesday night be replayed in light of the clearly illegal play by French striker Thierry Henry that set up the goal securing France's ticket to South Africa next June. The reasoning went along with FIFA's established habit of focusing on the letter rather than spirit of its rules: if referee Martin Hansson failed to spot Henry's use of his left hand to rein in the ball - and let the ensuing goal by teammate William Gallas stand - that's what should...
...acceptance of his condition. He confronts yet is enslaved by the past, the cosmic and minute details that allow for his existence. He admits and illuminates his condition, but to an anonymous reader who cannot offer him solace. We’re grateful for being dragged along for the journey, but conflicted as to whether we want him to complete Theseus’ task—cheering for Cal to defeat the Minotaur within him yet not wanting him to rewind the string of his narrative to that first knot, where he would have to bring to a close this...
...XXX” put it, “When you die, the voice you hear in heaven is not Don’s. It’s God trying to sound like Don.” LaFontaine was seemingly inimitable. That is, until Pablo Francisco came along...
...seats of Bell Hall were packed and some of the roughly 70 people who attended stood along the walls or sat on the floor. The audience included students, but also Cambridge residents, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, and a Boston police officer, in uniform...
...need a temporary escape from psets and papers:Take in the brisk fall air with a stroll along the Charles while you can still feel your toes. Sure, you may be that loner surrounded by touchy-feely couples, but an empty campus = me-time. Embrace it.Charles River, 24/7. (Except when it’s really, really, dark...