Word: cinderella
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...Cinderella conclusion to what had been a mediocre regular season should have invoked waves of excitement throughout the Harvard campus, but rarely was a word uttered about the tournament...
Indeed, the whole school seems a wonderful mosaic of activities and classes and inquiries. In the library, the Tech Scouts, a group of computer-savvy students, show off their Website and online magazine. Up in the Girls Inc. room, students replay a "feminized" skit, based on Snow White and Cinderella, that they performed at a conference. In Brent Duckor's "Democracy, State and Society" class, Senior Institute students openly and persuasively challenge his assertion that they are being cynical. ("You win," he says. "You're not at all cynical...
...Cinderella led a life of relative ease and comfort when compared with Chiyo's existence in the okiya. Chiyo carries out a grueling round of chores fueled by rations scarcely sufficient to sustain life, tormented always by the dominant geisha, Hatsumomo, who sees the beautiful Chiyo as a threat. A failed runaway attempt cuts short her training, but then the famous geisha Mameha takes a sudden and surprising interest in Chiyo and her unusual blue-gray eyes. Chiyo is permitted to resume her training, becoming the geisha Sayuri and beginning her slow ascent to the heights of Gion...
...baseball Cinderella story as a Miami rookie dazzles the Braves (TIME Daily...
...again this year, Harvard rode out a painful sub-.500 regular season, hoping for a Cinderella finish come March. But the magic, the fairy tale finish and the sweet redemption for a season gone awry was not meant to be. Youth and inexperience proved too much as it plagued and exhausted the Crimson ranks, leading to a quarterfinal playoff exit against...