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...people did some great things.” The Bobcats stumbled out of the gates, allowing Harvard to take an early lead with three errors in the first six volleys. But the game stayed tight, as the Crimson led by just 14-10. Then, Harvard blew the match open. Senior Katie Turley-Molony had a kill and two service aces as part of a 10-1 Crimson run to take a 24-11 lead. Quinnipiac would score twice more, but Harvard took the game on a hard kill by sophomore Kathryn McKinley. The Bobcats, however, would not roll over, matching...
...October, insurance executives worldwide were allowing themselves a collective sigh of relief as an unusually uneventful hurricane season was winding down in the Atlantic. And when another superstorm touched off by global warming blew through London and around the world on Oct. 30, they were[an error occurred while processing this directive] far more prepared than they would have been even a year ago. The London storm was not literal, but political: Nicholas Stern, a respected former World Bank economist, released his long-awaited report on the long-term economic impact of climate change. Commissioned by Britain's Chancellor...
When Carroll Day Kimble spotted the bubble-gum cigarettes nestled among the wax lips, strips of candy buttons and Sky Bars in the Groovy Candies assortment, tears sprang to her eyes. "I remembered being 10 years old and how a puff of powdered sugar came out when you blew on them," recalls the voice-over casting director, 45, in Los Angeles. "I loved my childhood. It was about family and friends, not about the horror of life and all the terrible things out there...
...kind of fun, I mean I was kind of surprised that it blew up in such a large fashion. I never expected anything that monumental to come of it—I sort of expected maybe 4 or 5 responses and it became this huge thing...
...that we should have capitalized on,” Kerr said. Fucito similarly created a number of chances for the Crimson to even the score with his play in the midfield. Just five minutes after the Blue Devils had scored in the seventh minute of the half, the sophomore blew by a few Duke players with his speed, and then connected with Hoff for a give and go. The resulting header from Fucito after the pass back went a bit wide, but proved to be a clear indication to everyone at the game that the Crimson still had life...