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...aren’t necessarily the favorite team,” Rosekrans said, “but we are looking to upset a lot of people in our upcoming matches.” FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6, HARVARD 1 After battling Florida International in 90-degree, humid weather, the Crimson fell at No. 1, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles in straight sets. “We had a slow start, but the match was much closer than the score,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said. While finally seeing the sun and playing outdoors may have been...
...onset of the recession, however, Target and Walmart saw their fortunes flip. Target's same-store sales have fallen for eight straight months; Walmart's have risen for 22 straight months. Target's 2008 same-store sales fell 2.6%, while Walmart's rose 3.3%. More recently, Target's February sales dropped 4.1%, while Walmart enjoyed a 5.1% jump. (See the best business deals...
...Last week’s thriller against Sacred Heart featured a game-winning goal in the opening seconds of overtime, and in the season opener, the Hawks fell to Dartmouth in the final seconds of sudden-death...
...long as they persist, but to establish the lying, cheating beau as the norm in sexual relationships is regressive and destructive. It instills a resignation that a dishonest scoundrel is all a heterosexual woman should hope for, when, in reality, any woman who writes off all men in one fell swoop is probably a bit of a dog herself...
...poetry, it also provides a framework in which the poet’s less outlandish imagery can at times be evocative and startling. The collection’s most moving lines, from “Sympathetic Magic,” are an illustration of this: “We fell out below human range, / with a kitten’s commitment to sleep, / in a paired lightening, peaceful, like the spotted / leopard lying with its unfinished gazelle.”There are several nice touches here, such as the clever pun of “lightening.” Most...