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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...season, ‘How many of you got called for balks last year?’ And the answer is usually none,” Walsh said. “And I say, ‘Well we have to work on that. It’s a compliment to get called on a balk.’”Walsh encourages his hurlers to push the envelope on the mound, practicing a “balk move” that walks a thin line of legality. The weapon may have been on display Saturday, as senior...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Plagued by Big Innings | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...many girls come up and say to me, "I have never listened to country music in my life. I didn't even know my town had a country-music station. Then I got your record, and now I'm obsessed." That's the coolest compliment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Taylor Swift | 4/23/2009 | See Source »

...have on this white onesie underneath my jeans and mesh tank top. A cotton leotard that eliminates need for underwear or bra. It’s itching like crazy. I feel about seven years old, and I try to search for something good to say, compliment her on her cool nail polish or the Marc Jacobs sailor top that she has on (except not say Marc Jacobs because that’d make me a snob and point out that...

Author: By Kathleen E. Hale, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FICTION: Finagled | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

Bottom line: I've allowed myself to be tested any way there is to be tested. I've passed the drug tests. So there's not really much more I can say. If anyone asks me about those things, I guess I'll have to take it as a compliment, because they think I'm that great a swimmer that I'm cheating to swim fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Dara Torres | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...country and this is by far the largest group that I have seen for a school district this size,” said Al Johnson, a consultant from the firm hired by the district to oversee the superintendent search. “That’s a real compliment to this community.”The search has been in progress since December, a month after former Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s early departure from the district. The application process closed in late February. From a pool of over 30 applicants, the school committee then selected semi...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Michelle L. Quach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Candidates Vie to Head City Schools | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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