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Feminists might say that these figures show a need to crack down on "deadbeat dads." That blithely misses the point. As revolutionary patriot, jurist and marriage counselor James Wilson said, "When divorces can be summoned to the aid of levity, of vanity or of avarice, a state of marriage becomes frequently a state of war or stratagem; still more frequently, a state of premeditated and active preparation for successful stratagems...
...want to know what Craig Biggio is all about and what he really means to the team, look no farther than the clincher against the Cubs last Thursday. He got drilled in the back of the head by a Jeremi Gonzalez fastball. The crack was audible on the replays, so you know it had to hurt like hell...
...consistent refusal to crack down on problems that are frat related," Banard said...
None of us bothered to think that maybe the most important people we would meet at Harvard weren't even here yet, or that some of those wonderfully well-adjusted people we had met the day before would crack before second semester, or that three of our classmates would be dead before junior year. Yes, Harvard Yard is occupied by ghosts: not the ghosts of the Cabots and the Lowells, but the ghosts of the people who we used to know and the people who we used...
Only until you've felt the crack of a ball hitting the sweet spot of your Big Bertha or the rush of sinking your first par putt can you know just how powerful and alluring this sport is. There is nothing like smashing a ball to kingdom come to put a smile on your face and a spring in your step...