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Harvard's domination started from the opening whistle and never seemed to cease. Right off the bat, sophomore midfielder Armando Petruccelli controlled the ball just outside of the Central Connecticut penalty box and froze the defenders for a second, before firing a shot that would have surely beaten goalkeeper Adam Clementson had it not sailed just over the crossbar...
...Says George Vanderheiden, senior vice president of Fidelity Management & Research Co., which oversees all the firm's mutual funds: "In the past, we've done very well in up markets and underperformed in down markets, because we're fully invested. But over the life of the cycle, we've beaten the market." This explanation raises a question, however: If Fidelity does exceptionally well in bull markets, why didn't it show spectacular returns in 1995, which was one of the best years the market had in this century...
...Eagles were, essentially, the Crimson's first challenge of the season Boston College has solidly beaten teams like Villanova and Georgetown and even played last year's defending national champion, Notre Dame, which B.C. lost...
...walk into class early hoping that I get the chance to speak with the professor. Too late. A student a little older than myself has beaten me to it, and by the time they are done, class has begun and the opportunity fades. Trying to get a word in edgewise seems just as difficult in class as the same older student seems to feel that the class has turned into a private conversation between himself and the professor. And what professor minds that this student, a little more learned, with a little more experience than the others, is spraying...
...bent himself out of shape. As a moderate, mainstream Republican in the mold of his hero, Dwight Eisenhower, Dole never became comfortable with his own campaign's core themes and strategy, the tactics and messages designed by his professional handlers that he felt obliged to follow. "I'd been beaten before, and you have to learn from the people who beat you," Dole explained. "So I got those folks and took their advice." And in the process he negated his authenticity--which was really the difference between him and Clinton...