Word: breakers
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...this couple will earn a modest $50,000 as a family, their odds of seeing their 15th anniversary jump to 68%. By and large, well-off couples divorce over personality conflicts while poorer couples divorce over alcoholism, physical abuse, and money problems. (Infidelity is a frequent deal-breaker, rich or poor...
...cast is made up of such a hodgepodge of varying talents that it becomes almost impossible to single out one person for an extraordinary performance.Barlowski, a sophomore at Emerson, is sensational—convincingly alternating between his role’s juxtaposing personalities as the tough, bad-ass rule-breaker and the sensitive high schooler who is trying to get over his father’s abandonment. Barlowski amazes with his ability to transform back-and-forth from an eighties’ Elvis Presley, gyrating all over the stage, to a touching Romeo, singing “Almost Paradise?...
Gass started his experiments by running a small electrical charge through the blade of his Delta power saw. Whenever the blade was touched, the body would absorb some of the charge like a circuit breaker and immediately trigger the brake. He built a prototype, videotaped the demonstration and tried to license his invention to power-tool manufacturers like Delta. "One company said, 'We decided not to pursue this because the marketing guys say safety doesn't sell,'" he recalls...
...captain Clayton Johnson said. “At the end of the day, qualifying was our only concern.” Harvard (5-2) lost to only Yale and Tufts, who will join Harvard at Nationals after finishing at 6-1. Yale won a tie-breaker over Tufts to take first place. Johnson, senior Vincent Porter and sophomore Kyle Kovacs skippered each of the three boats, while junior Emily Simon, senior Ruth Schlitz and sophomore Elyse Dolbec served as their respective crews. “We were fortunate that all three boats were really strong—it was important...
...went on to mention that her house at Harvard was in the Quad. This was disconcerting to me as I am not a fan of long-distance relationships, but with the time I had already invested in our relationship, I didn’t think it was a deal-breaker. Finally, I bit the bullet: I Facebook “poked” her (which, in my opinion, is one of the most romantic things a young college guy can do for a girl.)Finally having gleaned enough information to make a real move on this girl (e.g. initiate face...