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...Lawrence outshot Harvard by a 4-1 margin during overtime, but Crimson sophomore goaltender Will Crothers made sure that his team skated away with a crucial point in the ECAC standings...
Awareness is crucial, but it is not an end, only a means to an end. With so much at stake, it is foolish for advocates not to use their almost universal support as an engine for real change. And it’s even more foolish to weaken this support by blurring the distinction between the endearing and the truly monstrous—and by tarnishing an innocent holiday in the process...
...hear it for wrinkles--for those fabulous frown lines and high-kicking crow's-feet. What crucial moods they so subtly express! With a slight tightening of the skin between the eyebrows, bosses can communicate killer exasperation. Moms, salesclerks and 30-ish women at singles bars can signal displeasure without raising their voices. And consider the alpha male: why, Clint Eastwood with an unlined face would just be... Dick Clark. Wrinkles were surely what George Orwell had in mind when he wrote that at 50 everyone has the face he deserves...
...last week when he launched a robust schedule of campaigning for G.O.P. candidates. In New York City the President attended two fund raisers for New York Governor George Pataki and met privately with Edward Cardinal Egan, fostering ties to the Roman Catholic community that Bush's advisers believe are crucial to his political success. But more quietly, Bush has been bolstering his credentials with social-conservative Republicans, who are even more crucial in this off-year election, in which only the most faithful turn out to vote. In his budget proposal, Bush called for a 33% increase in spending...
...rose from 22% in 1966 to 46% in 1996. WHY THE RISE? During Vietnam, the report says, professors helped failing undergrads stay in school to avoid the draft. In the 1980s, the problem worsened when students were invited to evaluate professors. THE CONSEQUENCES: Employers now view grades as less crucial in hiring, and rely more on other factors, such as personal references...