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...month into my freshman year I contributed to a cover story making fun of freshmen. “Sorry, what’s a handle?” I remember asking my editor shortly after penning the sentence: “His room, with its throbbing hip-hop beat and many self-consciously collegiate posters advertising four years of a raging party, seems closer to the WB’s idea of the typical dorm room than to reality...
...shut down the three, we're not going to win," Stehle said. "We've given up 50 percent from three over the past two games, and you won't beat anyone in any league -- high school, YMCA or 60-and-over leagues -- if people are shooting 50 percent from three against...
...Buchanan presided over the failed defense of the Ashes during the northern summer, when England beat Australia at cricket for the first time since 1986-87. You can't blame him for everything that went wrong, but you can blame him for some of it. Buchanan could out-analyze Hercule Poirot. But in complacent teams it's the basics that slip first, and Australia's fielding, running between the wickets, and discipline went to seed. Buchanan either didn't notice or couldn't arrest the slide. It was hard to tell which, because his arguments about the merits of Australia...
...first half, compared to 248 in the second. Righting the Crimson’s ship will be no easy task. Not only does Harvard have to worry about its own problems, but it must also contend with Beantown rival Boston University to break the slide tonight. The Terriers beat Brown in Providence, 73-59, last week before a close loss at Indiana broke a five-game winning streak. “We’re just going to try and work really hard against them—not worry about how big a game it is,” said...
...year as the market dropped 17.2% a year. Since then, the fund has risen 14% a year, just a shade behind the market's 14.8% annual return. Growth Fund of America, more hard-charging, fell at the same rate as the market during the decline but since then has beat it handily, rising 19% a year. Over the past 15 years, $100 invested in Growth Fund would have grown to $771, vs. $520 in a fund pegged...