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...total, about 12,700 Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) students and faculty have used the system since its debut...
...Donoghue had never rowed with the freshman boat until it approached the starting line. The end result of his debut was one of the closest races of the tournament—a three-quarter length victory over Oxford Brookes. The win gave O’Donoghue a rare second Henley medal...
...Grammar: "You can find me, in St. Louis rollin' on dubs/Smokin' them dubs in clubs, blowin' up like cocoa puff." Nelly loves his hometown. Nelly loves pot. Nelly loves Nelly. It's a pretty narrow vision, but Nelly (real name: Cornell Haynes Jr.) moved 8 million copies of his debut album, and his follow-up, Nellyville (Universal), won't lag far behind. The secret is the twang. Nelly, like Snoop Dogg, raps in a Southern-inflected singsong so bouncy and joy-filled that he could read Cardinals box scores and the world would bob its collective head...
...name was salmon, like the fish: first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." Go ahead, read it again. Almost everything that makes The Lovely Bones the breakout fiction debut of the year - the sweetness, the humor, the kicky rhythm, the deadpan suburban gothic - is right there, packed into those first two lines, under pressure and waiting to explode. Part coming-of-age tale, part mystery, part ghost story, Alice Sebold's first novel (she's also the author of a memoir, Lucky) is the tale of an ordinary girl who is raped, murdered...
...sport, of course, is not only about being commercially successful. The Cup's greatest power is its ability to bring people closer. Korea, where China made its World Cup debut, played host to the largest ever influx of mainland tourists, and some hospitable chefs responded by learning how to steam dim sum so that the visitors could feel at home. In a rare show of unity, North Korea broadcast the South's win over Italy, raising hopes that a divided peninsula could still share in athletic triumph. Eastward, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung plans to renew his invitation...