Word: exactement
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...inspirational stories go, this one is pretty good. Once upon a time--1989, to be exact--a pair of aspiring authors compiled a book of their favorite inspirational tales and poems. They grouped them according to topic and chose a catchy title. Then they hired a professional book agent to help them get their dream between hard covers. One major publisher after another turned them down cold, and after the 33rd rejection, their agent quit. Face it, they were told: "Parables don't sell." And that title! "Too nicey-nice." But the plucky authors soldiered on. Finally...
...took instant root here. First, in January, came the spine-tingling arrival of I Want to Hold Your Hand--a great, convulsive rock-'n'-roll record that, to the bafflement of many a teen garage band across the land, actually had more than three chords (five more, to be exact--incredible). Then one week later, She Loves You careened onto the charts--wooo! The week after that came the headlong rush of Please Please Me, and by April, the top five singles in the country were all Beatles records. By year's-end they had logged a head-spinning...
...course, many in the Harvard community expect the exact opposite answer and are puzzled--if not outright critical--of students who haven't seen the light and decided to join their classmates in more exciting, cosmopolitan settings. After all, only the Unabomber wants to live in the middle of nowhere, right...
...final two games allowed the Crimson to exact a little revenge against two marginal teams that notched upsets last year, Hartford and Dartmouth. Against the Hawks, Jim Bevilacqua scored six goals, matching his output against UMass. And againstDartmouth Ferrucci was simply unstoppable, scoringsix goals and eight points to end his career inthird place on the Harvard scoring list...
...meetings, we've tried practicing harder, we are trying to do anything," said Zimmerman following the MIT debacle. "I'm not sure what the exact problem is. I know that we are a very capable team, and I know that it will turn around...