Word: crowning
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...Crown; 308 pages...
...realpolitik; it’s that they pretended they wouldn’t. For the past seven years, “values voters” have had access to the presidential ear whilst still seated at the heavenly table, free to scrutinize prospective justices, pick apart legislation and crown judges. Abstinence, aggression and alienation...
...annually in the village of Ashton in southeast England, the British game grows up, drawing an international roster of children and their nostalgic parents. This year, nearly five hundred competitors from as far away as Jamaica and the Ukraine are competing for bragging rights, a trophy and a garish crown adorned with chestnuts. The event feels like a cross between Halloween and a college football game. Five thousand spectators don fancy costumes (think nuns, pirates, horses and Dumbledore) and, from 9:30 in the morning, guzzle beer and munch on sausages...
...While failing to capture the Ivy League crown this year can rightfully be viewed as a regrettable misfortune, it is ultimately just an inferior goal to the true evaluation of this season: how far can the team go in the NCAA tournament...
...still well within reach. Nevertheless, the Crimson mustn’t view its season with despair if an Ivy League title isn’t in the cards. The NCAA provides a plethora of riches far more valuable than anything offered up by another Ivy League crown...