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...That blessed land of milk, honey, and Southwest Regionals: the NCAA Tournament.I’m not going to call it a buzz around campus—ask 10 Harvard students who Tommy Amaker is, and see if three could give you the right answer. But call it a faint murmur, echoing from a small desk looking out over Lavietes Pavilion.I sat with new Harvard men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker last week to discuss his progress this summer—how the team is coming together, what the recruiting class looks like, what he expects as practices...
...Defcon 3: Attack with faint praise. The opponent is named, but the shiv is delivered with a smile. John Edwards, perhaps true to his Southern roots, is an expert at delivering this kind of attack. Witness Edwards' comments in last week's presidential debate on troop withdrawals from Iraq: "I don't have any doubt that Senator Clinton wants to take a responsible course. There is a difference, however, in how we would go about this." He then proceeded to argue that Clinton would actually extend the war in Iraq, not end it. Or take Senator Joe Biden's comments...
...computer that runs the Lucky Camera saves those rare, perfect images and discards the rest. And because a single 1?20-second exposure of a faint celestial object is almost invisible, the computer combines the good images electronically, ultimately producing a usable...
Being the best college football team in the Ocean State is damning the winner of this game with faint praise...
...express skepticism about anything said by a general in uniform. If he believes that, he does not understand democracy. I am shocked by this. In fact, if Giuliani doesn't apologize, and if the other Republican candidates don't condemn this commercial, I think I'm going to faint...