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...Beverly can command the attention of an entire table in the dining hall,” says Roger Porter, IBM professor of government and business and Dunster House master. “One evening, eight members of the basketball team were dining in Dunster House after practice. I walked over to wish them well and ended up standing behind Beverly for nearly 30 seconds, waiting for a break in the conversation. Beverly obviously could not see me, but the others did, and almost broke into laughter as she kept talking in a very animated...

Author: By Alex C. Britell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sharpshooter | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...sign a proclamation, which has to be gazetted together with the emergency regulations. As this was not the case on this occasion, a state of emergency was never promulgated. You stated that the President "ordered a nationwide deployment of the army, which subsequently denied receiving any such command." If the army has denied any nationwide deployment, to whom did the President order it? At no point was a nationwide deployment of the army ordered. You stated that after President Kumaratunga's spokesman said the cease-fire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "will stand," the President "declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...that game, Yadav took command. With both players fatigued, Yadav controlled the middle of the court and forced Fong to expend energy chasing down balls in the corners. Fong, visibly exhausted, often bent over or leaned against the back wall between points in order to catch his breath. Meanwhile, Yadav just got stronger as he closed in on victory, eventually taking the match with an impressive 9-0 win in the fifth game...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 3 M. Squash Continues To Dominate Ivy Foes | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...naming policies, because “Corporate Accountability” and “Fiscal Responsibility” aren’t quite hacking it on the airwaves. I’m not saying they have to lower themselves, but sophisticated policy needs to be packaged with a command of language. Democrats could propose a “Fair Districting Act” to stave off Tom DeLay’s gerrymandering program, or an “Anti-Misinformation Law” to keep the Pentagon from resuming its absurd project to deliberately mislead foreign journalists...

Author: By Peter P.M. Buttigieg, | Title: The Struggle for Language | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

...thought it was [Grumet-Morris’] best game of the year,” Mazzoleni said. “He was in total command of the position...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg and Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Role Reversal | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

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