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Murphy jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the match with the slimmest of victories in the third game, 10-8. With that game tied 8-8, Murphy rattled off two straight points to bring her team to the brink of the title...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Squash Drops Cup Final | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...speech in New Hampshire last week, Elizabeth Dole talked about how "the presidency has been tarnished...words have been devalued, and institutions have squandered respect." Other Republicans are refining the language they will use to accuse Al Gore of passive complicity in the actions that brought Clinton to the brink of removal from office. "If Clinton is Teflon, Gore may be Velcro for a lot of this," says Castellanos. "At some point, he's got to deny Bill Clinton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Rules of The Road | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

...head chef offers cooking classes for seniors on the brink of independence. You mean you can't live on ramen forever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Wisdom | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

...this advice not as senseless criticism, but as genuine concern from a constituent who recognizes that the entire student body at Harvard has a vested interest in the success of the council. I'm not the only student whose frustration with the council and its representatives is on the brink of becoming an outright rejection of the organization as a whole. Take advantage of the optimism of a new administration, grab on to the gusto that caused you to run for the council in the first place and--for your own sake and the sake of the school--do something...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, | Title: A Disillusioned Constituent Speaks | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

...Elegy for the Departure, as well as his readiness to disregard physical categories (e.g. "a grain of water," "a chord of light"). Through such inverted interest in the elements, Herbert recalls the most ancient pre-Socratic philosophers and simultaneously makes his postmodern move, boldly taking language to the brink of obfuscation in order to make the metaphorical point. Herbert's own oblique language is captured in the phrase "forgotten leafy speech," an image which charms with the power of forgotten myth, an alibi against any accusations po-mo linguistic pretension. By recalling sleep, dreams, unrecoverable history (see "About Troy...

Author: By Benjamin E. Lytal, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zbigniew H. Dies, a Master | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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