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...finish at Ivies,” Shuman said. “We had some ups and downs—we need to be more consistent as a team throughout the year.” Shuman finished 10th, Mayer 11th, and Singh 20th overall, but this was not enough to catapult Harvard beyond another fourth-place finish behind Ivy champion Columbia, second place Yale, and third place Penn. Harvard was certainly within reach—a mere two shots out of third place and just three out of second. “We had a good spring, but we can?...
...crops up, as endless Bravo advertisements exhort us to “watch what happens.” But the fact is, most of the time, nothing happens, and real people don’t have Larry David there to make that nothing funny. As reality shows catapult their subjects to fame, they also undermine the illusion they create—any life we see depicted is always highly selected, reworked and dressed up to maximize our entertainment. With some good editing and the right background music, anyone’s life can become drama-filled—if only...
...marry because they weren't serious. If your rights don't have the same name, they don't have the same protection or the same standing." Zerolo, whose wedding was one of the approximately 10,000 gay marriages licensed under the new law, is proud to see Spain catapult itself from behind the curve to ahead of it on these issues. "This the first time in Spanish history that we are world leaders in equality," he says. "With an effervescent economy and the recognition of the dignity of every man and woman, we are a country prepared for the future...
...After that, the race moves on to Florida, where Rudy Giuliani, who largely skipped the first three states, has parked himself for several weeks, is spending heavily from a war chest thought to be at least $4 million and hopes to catapult ahead of his rivals with a win. Then comes the 21-state vote on Feb. 5, where some, but not all, of the states award their delegates on a proportional basis. Depending on who wins what, all that could prolong the search for a winner, raising the possibility that the party might enter its August convention with...
...person seated behind me: When you hoist yourself up by my seat back, that seat back becomes a catapult, and I become its payload...