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...woman who succeeds in resisting this temptation is she whose sex appeal transcends her sexual aptitude. Such women boast the intelligence necessary to make healthy life decisions, the charm to win the attention of men without promise of physical compensation, the maturity to acknowledge the difference between love and lust, and the confidence to demand the former in situations where they are pressured to compromise themselves for the latter. The mysterious allure of virginity is not rooted in an image of innocence and purity, but rather in the notion of strength: the ability to withstand temptation even in the face...
...around from one year ago. Crimson head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith harped about rebounding for much of the two previous seasons, and it seems this Harvard team finally took it to heart.Either that, or me being out of the country has been the Crimson’s good luck charm throughout the conference schedule. There is, after all, little evidence to the contrary.If Harvard goes on to a first-round upset in the NCAA Tournament – its first since the 1998 shocker over No.1-seeded Stanford – Delaney-Smith might see to it that...
...utility lineman when he dropped out of college. Although he won a seat in Congress six times, he didn't have to work at it the way some lawmakers did. He easily rolled up huge margins in his Republican-tilted Wyoming district that literally covered the whole state. Personal charm wasn't so much Cheney's secret - the census was. In those days, everyone in Wyoming pretty much knew everyone else. Most years Cheney outpolled his rivals by more than...
Admittedly, “The Astronaut Farmer” has a certain forced charm. It features an uncommonly amusing cell phone ring and earns a few other good-natured laughs. Its earnest nature is at times compelling: it is refreshing to see a family film that lacks an ironical mocking of children beneath its surface. Still, filmmakers erred in naming one of the Farmers’ daughters Sunshine—seriously, trying too hard...
...third time wasn’t the charm for the Harvard women’s hockey team...