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...Crimson had a comfortable lead coming through the 1,000-meter mark with about a length over the Midshipmen. Navy clung to that margin through the second thousand of the course. Harvard stuck to its race plan, though, and outpaced the Midshipmen through to the finish...
Janie said that while part of her knew she was being irrational, she clung to this reasoning in an attempt to make sense of things. She tried to rationalize her emotions, and became overcome by negativity and self-doubt. During this depressive episode, her supportive family was a lifeline. At the time, Janie felt wracked by guilt...
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn clung to a narrow lead in his state's Feb. 2 Democratic primary election, winning 50.4% of the vote, with 99% of precincts reporting. The contest was the first of 37 gubernatorial primary races this election season. Fifteen governors are aiming to retain their seats, but many of them face opposition from within their own party. Six incumbents (four of whom are seeking their first election wins after being appointed following the resignations of their predecessors) may have challengers in what are all shaping up to be close races...
...Jordan, the backdrop remains a stark foreshadowing of what lies beneath the lavish glamour of these characters. Stripped of their displays of wealth, the three characters are as cold and unfeeling as the world ERS has created around them. As the set reminds us, even Gatsby has clung so desperately to a passionate dream that will never exist, that the American dream he actually has achieved cannot disguise the empty futility of his romantic ambition...
...Despite the twists and turns in the dispute, one thing is for certain: a minirevolution is taking place in the French wine industry. Some wine makers argue that the French have for too long clung to a romanticized notion of terroir and a convoluted labeling system, the appellation d'origine controlée (AOC), which makes it difficult for consumers to figure out that a Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu Premiere Cru is a Burgundy wine - let alone a pinot noir. "This is myopic marketing," says Jean-Claude Mas, a wine maker in the southern region...