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...presidential candidates continue to criss-cross the country campaigning for votes, the Institute of Politics (IOP) is gearing up to get students involved in the election season with new blood and fresh ideas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IOP Selects 14 New Members to SAC | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...this trick in the show ... sort of a sideways criss-cross thing ..," Victor trails off. Frustrated, he gets up and demonstrates what he means: starting with his feet in first position, he weaves them back and forth and somehow propels himself sideways through a series of traffic cones. The bright orange beacons flash in and out of view rapidly as his legs work through them, churning like an egg inch as he threads down the line. The move speaks for itself...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLADES, SWEAT AND TEARS | 7/3/1992 | See Source »

Junior Mary Greenhill followed suit, confusing Bruin Renee Schneider with a wealth of cannon-hard criss-cross serves...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Raquetwomen Sweep Listless Bruins | 1/30/1991 | See Source »

...Clark had some trouble putting the ball to bed. Opponent Richard Chin, who pulled out one of Cornell's two victories in last year's match, came out with a vengeance. He beat Clark in the first two matches. Clark, however, pulled out, first his cannon serve, then his criss-cross, to post the victory...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetmen Record Yet Another 9-0 Blanking | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...bomb is a bad witch, microsurgery a good one. Not so long ago, electricity was firmly in the benign category. After all, it delivers energy with great reliability and little expense. So essential has electricity become that more than 2 million miles of power lines, literally huge extension cords, criss-cross the U.S. But nowadays many Americans are increasingly fearful that the electric and magnetic fields generated by such overhead cables pose a serious threat to human health, causing everything from learning disorders to cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Panic Over Power Lines | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

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