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...emotional. In some cases, the judges respond to the reality of the story; in other cases, they respond to really great writing." The winner of the July grand prize, as well as of category prizes in both July and October, was a letter carrier from Portland, Ore., named Murr Brewster, whose folksy commentary on low-rise jeans and other fashion trends won in "Style+Beauty+Body." (An excerpt: "rolling cumulonimbus mounds of flesh were thundering out of pants all over town. Everywhere I looked, girls were celebrating physiques of the sort that once ignited the muumuu industry.") The announcement...
...Dinosaurs and their Relatives” lead to? How about “Justice”? Will our television-bereft parents enjoy whimsical hypotheticals about trolley cars and the morbidly obese? Will our liberal education prepare us adequately for the static ahead?Former Yale president Kingman Brewster, Jr., said that a liberal education “makes it less likely that you will be bored with life ... and less likely that you will be a bore to those around you.” Besides the fact that this could be more reassuring—for the price of my tuition...
...Pelosi made her first move toward the leadership with a bid for the No. 2 job, which pitted her against Hoyer. As it happens, the two had interned in the office of Senator Daniel Brewster of Maryland in 1963. That experience also introduced Pelosi to the different opportunities that Capitol Hill offered men and women. Hoyer "worked directly for me and helped me with a number of different projects," recalled Brewster, 83, in an interview last week with Capital News Service. Pelosi was a receptionist--or, as Brewster put it, "an excellent front person...
...against 41 other teams and 210 other golfers, the Harvard men’s golf team finished fifth in the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Championships—but drove home knowing an even better finish had been within reach. The Crimson, playing on the Captains Golf Course in Brewster, Mass., turned in its best result since a third-place finish in 2003. Harvard’s depth and youth were on display as freshman Greg Shuman shot a 76 on Monday and then improved to 75 yesterday to lead the Crimson. Shuman’s total...
...while Danny Mayer finished the tournament at No. 66 and Peter Singh and Hegge tied for No. 73 overall. The Crimson will look to move up in the standings in its remaining two tournaments: the ECAC Division I Championships in Charlestown, R.I. next weekend and the NEIGA Championships in Brewster, Mass. the following weekend. Continued Hegge, “It’s just going to take some extra focus on not throwing away shots around the greens, because, as we saw this week, ten shots can be the difference between ninth and third. Over 54 holes, that?...