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...riding a two game win streak the team treks into the abyss of New Haven where it cannot merely progress. They must excel...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Tackles Yale | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

...Hawks use their quickness and skill in midfield to play the ball through the middle. They also excel at set pieces, as evidenced by the two scores off restarts which they tallied against the Huskies...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W.Soccer Faces Revamped Hawks | 9/17/1997 | See Source »

...seems students cannot really learn a language in one year," says Fiorenza A. Wineapple, senior lecturer in Italian at Princeton. "The students that don't like languages will suffer through one year of language, and the students who excel at languages will not benefit because they will not get enough opportunity to learn that language fully...

Author: By Charles G. Kels, | Title: Professors Debate Strengthening Language Requirement | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

...this particular era of publish or perish, Peter has managed to both publish and make time for students," said Benjamin F. Berger, a graduate student who helped organize the Berkowitz letter. "He is truly rare in the way he has combined roles of scholar and teacher and excel at both...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Jal D. Mehta, S | Title: Grad. Students Protest Govt. Tenure Decisions | 5/7/1997 | See Source »

...Alan Goodman, was always taken aback at Nancy Drew's ability to take command of any environment she found herself in: "She winds up in ski country, and suddenly she's winning a ski championship." Goodman limned Shelby, instead, as someone made of flesh and bone. "She doesn't excel in every course," he says of his character. "She depends on her friends for rides; she works because she needs the money. I wanted her to be more reflective of the girls I grew up with. Nancy Drew never made a wrong assumption in her life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEWITCHING TEEN HEROINES | 5/5/1997 | See Source »

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