Word: dented
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...surprisingly, the rally began with a hit by tri-captain Tiffany Whitton. After a walk and another single, the Crimson had a chance to make a dent in the Eagles’ lead or even pull ahead. B.C. sophomore hurler Michelle Daly, however, got former high school teammate Kerry Flaherty to strike out to end the inning, putting a stopper on Harvard’s comeback attempt...
...secret agent, Charles was the target of several murder attempts, probably by the communists. One bullet found his left leg, and he has the scar to prove it. Another left a dent in his head. Jackie has a similar souvenir, from a 1986 stunt that nearly killed him. Charles waves this off: "You injured yourself on a film shoot!" The boy is made of steel, the father of cobalt...
...never met Arthur Dent, engaged the Improbability Drive or sipped a pan-galactic gargle blaster, stop reading now: this article may leave you as cold as a Vogon's heart. If, however, you're among the millions of fans of Douglas Adams, who died two years ago at 49, you can rejoice at the publication of the first major biography of the man who must be Britain's most popular cult author since Tolkien. Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy began life as a BBC radio series 25 years ago this month, and went on to sell millions...
...goal from junior midfielder Jen Brooks off a pass from freshman attack Emma Millon brought the Crimson to within three, but the dent in the deficit was not enough to slow UMass...
...which recently decided to sell its BP shares because of environmental concerns in Alaska and elsewhere. Emita Neville, head of advocacy at WWF, argues that BP is "more about the rhetoric of 'beyond petroleum' than the reality." The 51,000 shares sold by the WWF will make no financial dent in a company worth billions, but any perception that one of the few "green" oil companies has lost its way could sting. Still, spokesmen insist BP deserves its green stripes, and that its operations in Russia will only confirm them: "Bringing Western standards to Russia, in terms of the environment...