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...women confront each other across a weed-choked yard. Bullcreek's run-down house is surrounded by old tires and broken furniture. "It would be nice to live comfortably," she says. "But we want to maintain our heritage--not be a dumping ground for the domineering society." In contrast, Lori Skiby, 44, the Goshutes' vice chairwoman, has built a $100,000 house thanks to utility-funded tribal loans. "Traditional values don't put a roof over your head," she counters. Both say they want the same thing: for their children and grandchildren to live a good, safe life...
...cage and on the field, not to mention on the mound.In this final area, Vertovez will provide a much needed change-up for the Crimson pitching staff. She is a rise-ball pitcher, meaning her ball is said to travel up in the zone—a striking contrast to the returning pitchers for Harvard who are primarily low-ball hurlers.And Vertovez has worked on some new tricks as well.“What I’ve been working on a knuckleball screwball,” Vertovez says, “the catcher can barely hold...
...preserved a clean sheet through the first half of regulation.Harvard had several chances to answer, including two man-advantage sequences late in the second period and another late in the third, but floundered with an extra skater throughout, finishing 0-for-4 on the power play for the game.The contrast between the team’s effort in the early going and its fervent charge in the last minutes of regulation revealed its recurring inability to string together sixty minutes of consistent hockey.“That’s been the story all season,” Stone said...
...surprise visit from their relatives in India. Especially compelling—and humorous—performances were given by Vivek G. Ramaswamy ’07 and Varun K. Narendra ’07, who both played elder Indian family members. Setting up yet another contrast between the old and new worlds of South Asian culture, the actors made a number of jabs on both sides of the line. Some jokes may have been a bit subtle for those unversed in Indian-American culture, while jokes about religion and race in South Asian culture, standards...
...before, turned the first half into a back-and-forth battle in which Harvard’s brief four-point lead with 14:44 remaining would be the biggest margin of the half. The Lions gained momentum on four early three-pointers to stay in the game, a stark contrast to the teams’ February game in which Harvard dominated from the first jump. “We’ve come out tight in a lot of our games,” Tay said, “and we’re just nervous. We don?...