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...Brine said. “So it was nice that we really held strong the whole way, kept going strong against them, made it 8-0 and kept the 0…it’s good momentum.”Wilcox and BU junior Ashley Leichliter, who was making her collegiate debut, combined for 29 saves.The Crimson had the clear advantage on special teams, converting four of its 10 power plays while holding the Terriers scoreless in its six opportunities.“We were as good as we’ve been all year,” Stone...
...paper found that most people perceive those with unconventionally spelled names (Patric, Geoffrey) as less likely to be moral, warm and successful. A 2001 paper found that we have a tendency to judge boys' trustworthiness and masculinity from their names. (As a guy whose middle name is Ashley, I can attest to the second part.) In a 2007 paper (here's a PDF), University of Florida economist David Figlio found that boys with names commonly given to girls are likelier to be suspended from school. And an influential 1998 paper co-authored by psychologist Melvin (a challenging first name...
...When a father doesn't have enough money for his three daughters' dowries, dooming them, apparently, to forced prostitution, Nicholas leaves three bags of gold outside the girls' home (or, according to a different version of the story, in their shoes) to keep them from having to pull an Ashley Alexandra Dupré. This is one of the few stories based on some sort of historical record and it explains Nicholas' reputation as a gift-giver...
...Casablanca.” Although “Australia” eventually succeeds in constructing itself as an epic film, it just isn’t a very good one.The story of “Australia” is essentially a series of clichés. Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an upper-class Brit, gets wrapped up in a caper when she treks to her husband’s cattle ranch Down Under on the eve of World War II only to find him dead. Powerful cattle mogul King Carney (Bryan Brown) and his villainous lackey Fletcher (David Wenham...
...Ashley R. Pollock, vice president of communications for the Harvard Graduate Council, expressed similar sentiments, adding that the current economic climate and the impending risk of University cutbacks could increase a union’s appeal...