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...sense, alter egos seem to be everywhere these days: Beyoncé can’t get out in a leotard and spread her legs for the “Single Ladies” dance as herself—it’s her alter ego “Sasha Fierce?? who’s hitting the stage. Recently I heard about a Swedish parliament member who went on an all-expenses-paid trip to the south of Spain. He claimed it wasn’t him as a politician accepting gratuities to fund the little booze cruise...

Author: By CATHERINE J. ZIELINSKI, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting Down and “Dirty” | 2/26/2010 | See Source »

During yesterday’s panel discussion, audience member Danielle M. Gram ’11 said her female friends questioned whether she was “fierce?? enough to run for a secretary position in the Dems...

Author: By Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women Discuss Leadership | 3/13/2009 | See Source »

...slack. Sasha Fierce is the Beyoncé we’ve grown accustomed to—the one with fast, hi-hat-loaded dance beats and lyrics that sacrifice sensibility for rhythmic flow. Touting producers like Jim Jonsin, Sean Garrett, and Wayne Wilkins, “Sasha Fierce?? is a compilation of back-to-back hits, all of which are worthy of radio play. With lines like “I be on the hotline, like err’day / Makin’ sure the DJ know what I want him to play,” Knowles drops...

Author: By Evan Kendall, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beyoncé | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

MacArthur and his men on the gulf shore were left to rely on a ragtag pack of converted transport ships to fend off Kurita’s assault. For “Doug MacArthur’s navy,” as the fledgling fleet was called, fighting was fierce??and, in many cases, fatal. Perhaps old soldiers never die, but young ones did in droves. In total, 473 Americans—along with more than 12,000 Japanese—perished in the battle...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: History Repeats in 'Sea of Thunder' | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel, who plays squash with Mansfield twice a week and has co-taught courses with Mansfield in the past, speaks of his colleague—and his colleague’s “fierce?? yet “gentlemanly” demeanor on the squash court—with admiration and care...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professor Fights Grade Inflation, Affirmative Action | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

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