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There is no peer pressure forcing students to drink on campus, which is truly wonderful. However, most of us are intense students striving for perfection, an impossible goal. The crack in the image must appear somewhere, and since smoking is now so passe, drinking is the last available route that isn't entirely illegal, unlike narcotics, which are circumscribed for citizens of all ages...
...want to get to the finals and beat Northeastern," Walsh said, "but B.C. comes first. We can't afford to start looking past B.C., but everybody wants a crack at Northeastern...
...Everyone is excited to play them, "said sophomore forward Brett Chodorow. "After the first two games, we are anxious to get another crack at them...
...potted history, he elaborated on why "the American civilization is worthy of respect." He had a good word for the Puritans, the Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln. Somewhat condescendingly and totally preposterously, he granted the "legitimacy" of the American government. But he said he wanted to crack the "wall of mistrust" between Iran and the U.S., even though it was caused by American misdeeds. So, while government-to-government talks were not on the agenda, a "dialogue" could begin with cultural exchanges among scholars, journalists, artists and tourists. Who knows, he implied, where that might lead...
...whom science has now discovered to be extremely touchy. Modern life offers plenty of ready-made excuses for bad driving, and here as elsewhere time seems to be of the essence: there's just not enough of it. When police departments in the Washington area launched a program to crack down on aggressive driving last year, cops handed out some 60,000 tickets in 28 days for offenses ranging from tailgating to passing on the right. The most common excuse: "I'm late...