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...Crimson stayed out of the penalty box, while Yale’s pressure became fiercer. The Bulldogs outshot Harvard in the third period and overtime, but Martin’s goaltending and the Crimson defense preserved the tie. On a key chance for Yale in the extra period, Martin dove across the front of the goal to pounce on a loose puck on the other side of the net. Another near-goal was taken away by head referee Derek Zuckerman because the play had been whistled dead despite the puck still being loose. “A disallowed goal...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshman Goalie Stifles Bulldogs | 2/5/2006 | See Source »

...premier novelist of the American West, Larry McMurtry, 69, has won a Pulitzer Prize for Lonesome Dove and seen film adaptations of his work--including Hud, The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment--earn 26 Oscar nominations. But Brokeback Mountain was another writer's story, and, as McMurtry tells Josh Tyrangiel, he almost didn't read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Capturing the Cowboys | 1/22/2006 | See Source »

...chaste caretaker to look after her. Under divine guidance, he collects the wooden staffs of all the widowers of Israel and prays over them, awaiting a sign. One by one he returns each rod, unchanged. "But Joseph received the last rod," reads the Protevangelium, "and lo, a dove came forth of the rod and flew upon the head of Joseph." Joseph protests, saying "I am old. But she is a girl. I fear lest I should become a laughingstock." But he eventually gives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father & Child | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

Other accounts edited or added to the story. In one later embellishment, Joseph's staff blooms before the dove flies out: the flowering rod became his standard accessory in Western art--and is why in Mexico hollyhocks are known as varitas (little staffs) de San Jos. Some tales set Joseph's age at the time of the betrothal at as high as 91. Several portrayed Jesus in his father's workshop, keeping busy by magically correcting Joseph's building errors. Most alarming is The Infancy Gospel of Thomas, in which Jesus strikes dead playmates who annoy him, and other adults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father & Child | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Connor said. “Someone even had to clarify that it was the same person who was in the diving events and that it wasn’t a mistake. It is great that she can be so versatile.”Papadakis still dove in the meet as well and won both her events by a landslide. She finished first in the one-meter, winning by almost 20 points, and won the three-meter by over 30 points. Junior Annika Giesbrecht also took third in the three- meter.Senior Jane Evans was also able to bring home two first...

Author: By Abigail M. Baird, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Dominates Quakers | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

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