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...cheer from the Harvard softball team could spell impending doom for opposing pitchers. If they didn’t sense the strength of the player at the plate right away, then they quickly learned. “T. Whitt—Hit!” heralded the approach of junior tri-captain Tiffany Whitton, the national leader in runs driven in per game, and few could stop...
While she does not think cutting a handful of recruits would spell doom for Bender’s 50-year-old doctrine, McGrath Lewis says a significant reduction would not be in the spirit of pursuing the “mix of excellences” the admissions office has long pursued...
...nothing deep or emotionally grand about this enterprise, but Star Wars never occupied that part of the cinema spectrum. The series was--and remains--Lucas' elaborate reconstruction of his Saturday-matinee memories and fantasies. This time the energy level is higher, the tempo brisker; a nice sense of doom crawls up the spine of the narrative. The leaden Menace was full of the posturing that two hostile nations engage in while marshaling their forces. In Clones the war breaks...
...enthusiasm for youth, and scouting enthusiasts both deny and resent the implication. But the specter of what was on Baden-Powell's mind might well make modern American parents reluctant to send their sons off for a wholesome weekend in the woods with scoutmaster Bob. And it would probably doom efforts by someone similarly inclined to start an organization like the Boy Scouts today. Would that be a good thing...
Five runs in the fifth inning of Game One against Cornell spelled doom for the Crimson’s hopes of winning this year’s Ivy title yesterday. In a game Harvard needed to win to keep pace with a streaking Princeton squad, the team played close until a series of bizarre hits and an untimely error put the Big Red ahead for good...