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...game of attrition,” the coach added. “If your opponent takes the game from you, let him, but don’t give it away. The bottom line is, you have to fight for your life out there. Squash is a non-contact boxing match. And when you make an unforced error, you’re going to feel like you’re hit with a punch.”“We’ve done all the work,” said Broadbent, who won in three games against Lee Rosen...
...ridiculing or insulting" any recognized community's religious beliefs. That's the problem with free speech: the principle is fine, the application is very tricky, and never more so than in the age of cultural rage. Statutes writ in black and white transmute to a fog of grays upon contact with the passions of competing groups and the difficulties of balancing individual conscience against social cohesion. Some limits, such as libel laws, are considered legitimate to protect individuals, while other restrictions, such as those that regulate obscenity, supposedly protect social standards. Even in the ultra-tolerant U.S., with its fiercely...
...linen you use, wouldn't you? The Handloom Weavers Development Society in Kerala, India, hopes so. The nonprofit organization-based in Thumbod, a tiny village of swaying palms an hour outside the state capital of Trivandrum-has infused yarn with organic herbs and plant extracts, and claims that regular contact with cloth made from this material will relieve itches, rashes and other skin disorders...
...free-throw line—and more importantly, to consistently convert once there. The Crimson has shot 452 free throws on the season, 133 more than its opposition, and has connected on 75 percent. Both of those marks put Harvard at the top of the Ancient Eight.Drawing contact on offense looms all the more large for Harvard this weekend, given that Princeton and Penn have the two best scoring defenses in the league. Venerable Princeton and mighty Penn, in contrast, are both flawed from the free-throw line—Princeton has fewer attempts than any other Ivy team...
...talking and spiced by a growing inventory of real or imagined insults ranging from stick swinging to flag stomping. Sample dialogue: "They are taught from a very young age to use their stick," U.S.A. forward Tricia Dunn-Luoma says of the Canadian team. "There's a lot of body contact on the boards. Is it dirty? It borders on it." Says Canadian defenseman Colleen Sostorics in response: "I don't think it's taught. It's not what we focus on, but if that's how she feels, that's fine. We never want to lose to them...