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...sound unenthused? Probably because I am. Reading period stretches out before me like a barren field on a bleak winter's day. This would be fine were it really winter, of course. Then the weather would match our mood. However, reading period during spring semester seems especially hard to bear. Birds sing, flowers bloom. And we study...
Harvard's offense was barren, and the pitching and defense was highly suspect, as evidenced by four errors in seven innings. The only good to be taken from the first game was a solid three innings of work out of freshman Joshua Ramsey...
...portraying the Jewish people in a more positive light. There should have been at least a few multi-colored pictures of the thriving kibbutzim in Israel, the sight of lush greenery and seemingly infinite groves of oranges and olives in what was a combination of malaria-infested swamps and barren dessert before Israeli Independence was achieved. Why were there no pictures of the fields of green in previously arid areas of the Negev? Why were there no pictures of the solar heating panels on the roofs of Israeli houses and other technological achievements which mark the modern Jewish state...
...more alarming trend. But even if there are some shows that young kids should be shielded from, the question is whether all TV should be held to the standard of safe-for-children. If TV were to be scrubbed clean for kids, it would be a pretty barren place for adults...
Edward's home on long Island had two-stories and five bedrooms. The overpainted dark brown gable needed repair, and the front garden--which Edward had spent summers cultivating during high school--was barren. Crisp, paper-thin leaves held tentatively to sickly vines, flaking off into small puffs of dust in the wind. Edward heaved a heavy sign and rang the doorbell...