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...finals, Grigg used her experience and knowledge of the game to overcome Kristen Lange of Penn, besting the freshman by a 3-1 count. Lange, who won all her matches in straight sets, was stunned when Grigg snatched control of the contest and took the first game 9-5. After a resurgent 7-9 win from Lange in the second, Grigg regained control and prevented the freshman from getting any good shots on the ball...
...humor in the script, by James Vanderbilt, whose widely circulated screenplay of Richard A. Clarke's Against All Enemies--yet to be made--is a model of compression and clarity. This one, with two main story lines (Toschi's official pursuit and Graysmith's amateur obsession) plus a character count in the high dozens and lots of leads that go nowhere, right up to the end, is necessarily a more sprawling affair. Yet it manages to be true to the complexity of the case while never losing cohesion or coherence...
There is a constant sense of futility in American politics. Can one vote possibly count? Can $100 make a difference when people are donating millions? So entrenched in the political rhetoric is the idea that this election is about the “people.” Let’s make it about the people who are in need of new leadership most—the people who can’t afford to donate to campaigns. Let the conversation begin, and let’s keep the checkbooks...
...Technically speaking, the only job the director of the University Library has...is to count the books and to tell the Harvard Corporation they’re all on the shelves,” Verba joked in an interview...
...identities. I think most students who also have siblings at Harvard will agree with me when I say that it means a lot to be able to share this experience with someone who is so important to our past, present, and future lives. Siblings are people you can always count on. I can always count on my sisters to piss me off. But I also can rely on them to help me out on difficult questions like, “What was the name of that board game we used to play as kids where I would end up wearing...