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...competition to stay afloat hasn't improved ethnic tensions, either. For all the vibrant, cross-hemispheric diversity in Miami, its Latino, black and white enclaves remain segregated and mistrustful of one another. The Cuban exiles' dominion over much of Miami politics (remember the Elián González uprising?) has bred resentment in some quarters. This showed in the outcry earlier this year when the Miami-Dade school board, whose system has a dismal 45% graduation rate, announced that it would spend tens of thousands of dollars in court to ban a kindergarten book about Cuba that it says...
...Dick Gephardt was known as "Ironbutt" for the hours he spent sitting and wheedling his colleagues. "Gephardt would plead with people to do the right thing, and they would know that there was no penalty for it," recalls a veteran senior aide on Capitol Hill. Not Pelosi. "Once you cross her," he says, "your life is not going to be very pleasant...
...Sherlock says. “And then I kind of jumped up and popped it in myself.”Those early injuries prepared him for some tougher ones in college, as Sherlock suffered a large gash on his head in the 2005 season opener at Holy Cross. As he was blindsided on a kickoff return, Sherlock made head to head contact with a Crusader, which knocked off his helmet and gave him a head injury. Yet fittingly, he was back on the field for the second half.“I always joke around about that saying, yeah...
...most Harvard graduates, it’s not uncommon to enter into a profession frequented by their peers. Most often, they graduate, enter the workforce, and some point down the line, their paths cross again...
...Zizzo said. “That was definitely our first goal.”The Crimson’s best chance of the first half came when sophomore midfielder John Stamatis poked a ball through to junior midfielder Matt Hoff on the right side. Hoff sent a high cross to Altchek just outside the 18-yard box, and Altchek’s subsequent header landed at Akpan’s feet.But the Bruins’ lightning fast defense reacted immediately, shifting two defenders to cover Akpan and deflecting his shot from beyond the 18-yard box. The play encapsulated Harvard?...