Word: duel
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...however, oust John Pickering from office that year. The mentally unstable, alcoholic New Hampshire judge was frequently drunk at work and sometimes failed to show up at all. During his trial, he even challenged President Jefferson to a duel. After a short debate to consider whether Pickering was mentally fit for trial, the Senate voted 20-6 to remove...
...yard freestyle and sophomore Christine Kaufmann in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:57.28. Junior Kay Foley emerged victorious in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.91. “The win gives us the confidence that we need for more challenging duel meets up ahead,” Mooney said. Overall, the win leaves Harvard and Princeton in the top spots in the Ivy League. As the team heals from injuries and illness, it seems that things will only continue to go well for the Crimson and that the team will remain dominant. Harvard will next see action...
...faces. It’s a very creepy and powerful effect, especially when coupled with the woman’s rag-like clothing. Here’s the story: the wife waits on the shore as her gnarled fisherman husband is eaten by a spiny fish after the two duel in a maelstrom (conveyed by hands with cut-out lighting bolts attached). All the while, Feist gasps out soft narrative lyrics interspersed with an eerie harmony. After her husband is swallowed, the wife dons a retro-science fiction swim apparatus to search for him. Although the ending is ambiguous...
...confident in knowing that we can beat Yale and Brown,” McKinley said. “And we will.” YALE 3, HARVARD 2Despite a spirited comeback in the third and fourth frames, Harvard failed to walk away with the win in its duel with the Bulldogs.After falling behind two games to none, Harvard rallied in the third. The score was tight throughout the first half of the game, until McKinley and Durwood connected on three consecutive plays to bring the score to 11-9. Grabbing hold of the momentum, Harvard then utilized consistent serving...
...provisional basis only. While we should hardly resist the chronic adaptation of interests and habits amongst young people, we must simultaneously insist upon the preservation the our more classic literary forms. After all, perhaps there is less cause for alarm than a few among us might suggest; perhaps the duel for the hearts and minds of students is not quite a zero-sum game. Mark Seidenberg, a reading researcher at the University of Wisconsin, said it best: “I actually think reading is pretty great and can compete with video games easily...