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...makes meeting new people not only easier and faster, but also less intimidating for those who are shyer. For those who find socializing fairly difficult, the application of the four-point method can smooth any encounter by providing conversation when none exists otherwise. Through speed, predictability, and impersonality, this brief verbal questionnaire can facilitate the extroversion of the meeker among...
...After a brief stoppage in play due to an ankle injury to one of the officials, Greiner netted a goal of his own at 10:48 of the second. Colgate’s Jason Williams fell to start the play, creating a man-up scenario for Harvard at the other end of the rink. Greiner was able to capitalize on the advantage, assisted by junior forward Michael Del Mauro and Richter. Williams redeemed himself with the game-winner at 10:40 in the third. Now down 3-1, the Crimson turned on its offensive firepower, outshooting the Raiders...
...overheated, straw-man defense of Elin - she "deserves praise, not blame." Uh, sorry, but who's blaming her? Among those who think she really did go after him with a 9-iron, most would agree with Jesper Parnevik: she should have used a driver. And there was a brief section early in the speech in which he extolled all the good works being done by the Tiger Woods Foundation - while it was nice to hear that those projects will continue, it also felt discordantly self-serving. I don't think he's done with the confessionals, though - he'll need...
...compassion. "The ending hug with his mother may have been the most humanizing moment," says Kenneth Shropshire, a professor of sports marketing at Wharton business school. "It really did deliver that this is, apart from all the elements us gawkers are focused on, a family matter." (See a brief history of the Tiger Woods scandal...
...brief history of the Tiger Woods scandal...