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...paper but looked more like a cinder block than a book. It contained acronyms and chemical formulas and footnotes. It radiated dangerous amounts of hype and spoke of a future in which each calendar year would be sold for corporate sponsorship, e.g., the Year of the Trial-Size Dove Bar, the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment. It was, in short, like something sent from above to test the good faith and resolve of book lovers everywhere. It was David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest (Little, Brown; 1,079 pages), and people couldn't decide whether it was a towering...
After years of being the guy behind the songs, Tomlin is poised to achieve that more Prince-like status as well. He won a bunch of Dove Awards (the Christian Grammys) this year. He's all over Christian radio. And he's a huge draw at the big annual student gatherings known as Passion conferences. But Tomlin doesn't want to be Prince. Music immortality is fine. It's just not the sort he cares about...
...After struggling in recent weeks, the Harvard defensive secondary came together with a strong performance. On the first fumble, junior cornerback Steve Williams showed he could do more than just play coverage. After Berg forced the ball free, it looked to be going out of bounds when Williams dove to push the ball away from the sideline and into the arms of senior safety Danny Tanner.Williams and Tanner also teamed up later in the game: on a deep throw into Harvard territory, Williams stayed with his man and batted away the pass into the arms of Tanner. The corner also...
...Despite its reputation for offensive fireworks, the Crimson’s biggest play of the game proved to be on defense. With Harvard up 1-0 not five minutes later, junior goalkeeper Adam Hahn foiled what would be the Big Green’s best scoring opportunity, as he dove with arms fully outstretched and just tipped a Dartmouth shot wide of the net. “He made one of the best, if not the best, save[s] I’ve seen in my career,” Altchek said. In addition to that save, the Harvard defense...
...vote on whether pot should be legalized for medical purposes. Georgians may choose to amend their constitution to require that the state preserve its "tradition of fishing and hunting." And in Michigan, embroiled in controversy over the 2004 lifting of a 99-year ban on the hunting of mourning doves, voters get a shot at reinstating it. The reputedly monogamous dove is, by resolution of the legislature, the state "Bird of Peace...