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Close, when a student at Yale, was enraptured by the work of the Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning: he loved his color and luscious paint surface, while realizing that they couldn't possibly be imitated. Imitating de Kooning was the bane of student existence: no originality could come of it...
When Missouri put George ("Tiny") Mercer to death in January 1989, a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist told his Supreme Court colleagues it was time to allow more executions. "In case anyone hadn't noticed, we had a successful execution last night," Robert Giuffra exhorted. "We need to...
And there were no regrets from the state of Florida, either. The use of the electric chair as an execution tool was decried last year after a spate of fires prompted a ?cruel and unusual punishment? investigation. But with three inmates going to the chair in the last eight days...
Basil led the new triangle offense through some early bumps to its near-flawless execution against Stanford. Seanor added some offense to her already solid defense, and finished the season as Harvard's leader in assists.
Even Beachy's game-saving dig--one of eight he collected on the night--only stayed the execution, as Chiefs sophomore outside hitter Charlie Haer buried the Crimson on Springfield's third game point for the 16-14 win.