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...addition to Caramanico, the Quakers also boast two other players, Erin Ladley and Julie Epton, who are averaging double-digit scoring. The Crimson will need to play solid defense and control the boards...

Author: By Kathryn J. Hodel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Faces Tall Order Against Princeton, Penn This Weekend | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

Such a high caliber victory also significantly boosts the Crimson's chances of entering the NCAA tournament, since not many teams can boast of defeating the top-ranked team in the nation...

Author: By Nicolas O. Jimenez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boyz II Ji-men-ez: W. Hockey Returns to Greatness | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

...bashing lyrics, but without excusing him, it's hard to say that he makes himself look good delivering the message. In his most violent songs, like Kim, he comes off as an unbalanced, whiny creep brutalizing women (his wife, his mother) out of weakness. He can barely issue a boast ("Shady will f___in' kill you") without undermining it with a pathetic image ("I'm like a mummy at night.../Frightened with five little white Vicodin pills bitin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rude Boys | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

...bigger coup that year was the donation of a valuable collection of 3,000 Jewish books and manuscripts that were previously owned by a European book collector and had been purchased wholesale after the war by a graduate of the College. The donated collection allowed Metcalf to boast that "the College Library now has one of the outstanding Hebrew collections in the United States...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Holocaust Books To Remain on Widener Shelves | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

Presidential inaugurations, like high school proms, boast evocative themes, a tradition dating back to Eisenhower's 1953 "Crusade in America." George W. Bush has selected "Celebrating America's Spirit Together" for his Jan. 20 blowout. How likely is it that partisan foes will join forces over the next four years? Here, a look at how some other terms lived up to their Inaugural promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theme Dreams | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

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