Word: beatingly
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...traditionally sky-high - margins run to 30% in some cases - and so is resistance to change. By contrast, Europe is a bloody battleground of national dailies, all clawing at one another. Competition breeds creativity, not to mention a willingness to live with slimmer profits. "The U.S. lost the beat on newspapers around the year 2000," says Vin Crosbie, a partner at media-consulting firm Digital Deliverance and the fifth generation of a Connecticut newspaper-owning family. "I'm just amazed that most U.S. newspapers update their websites once a day. In Norway, if there's a car crash, they update...
...Duke Ellington called Louie Bellson, 84, "the world's greatest drummer," a title Bellson earned at age 17 when he beat out 40,000 other contestants in a national drumming competition. He went on to play with numerous jazz greats, such as Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald...
...from their home in the northwestern city of Xian to a secluded military compound in Beijing, more than 700 miles (1,125 km) away. Like many Chinese parents, Wang felt she had no choice. "Things have absolutely gone out of control," she said, almost in tears. "My son just beat and bit me again this morning after I wouldn't let him touch the computer...
...puck past Harvard junior goaltender Christina Kessler. Three minutes into the second period, another odd-man rush led to another UNH goal. In the midst of a sloppy Harvard power play, Wildcat junior Kelly Paton intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and broke up the ice. She beat her Crimson defender and fed the puck to Wakefield, UNH’s top scorer, who was waiting on the right post to put in the shorthanded tally. All the momentum seemed to be in the Wildcats’ favor, with netminder Lindsey Minton stopping a number of Harvard shots...
...Saturdays, Frazier’s allegiances have changed now, he said. “When it’s all said and done, I’m with Harvard,” Frazier said. “I’m for Harvard. I want to train them to beat Brown the best way I can,” His old coach Kelleher saw it the same way. “He is the enemy now,” he said. —Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Eric...