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...crop falls into three distinct categories. First, there are the prime-timers - Boston's David "Big Papi" Ortiz and Travis Hafner of the Cleveland Indians, who are both DH-ing at the peak of their careers. "Ortiz and Hafner are two of the best four hitters in baseball right now, by any standard that's valid," says Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro. It's hard to argue with him - Hafner, 29, hit .308 with 42 homers in 2006, and Ortiz, 31, not only led the American League with 54 home runs last season, but is by far the best clutch...
Although the Oxford and Cambridge rowing teams may be called the Blues, this year their hue held a distinct tinge of Crimson...
Despite its daunting scope, Oren’s book is both an easy and an enjoyable read. He breaks his narrative down into seven distinct parts and provides maps of the region, a clear timeline of major events, and two sections of photographs...
...ever woken up on a windowsill in an unknown common room with a court summons for public urination in his pants pocket and the word “douchebag” written in pink permanent marker across his forehead.I can divide the events of my life into those two distinct categories. I know that I won a math bee in fifth grade. I remember hitting the first and only home run of my Little League career against St. Joseph’s at Juniper Park in Middle Village, N.Y. in April of that same year. I remember how it felt...
...Relationship tensions distinct from sex, too, can play a part in reports of sexual violence—an impulse to punish someone for some grievance, for instance. When alcohol is involved—as it is in many reported acts of sexual violence—both involved parties may be unable to draw appropriate lines. In those situations, the “Yes, keep going” in the middle of the night, for instance, may be transformed into feelings of violation. These situations constitute bad sexual decision-making, not necessarily acts of sexual assault...