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...game, as he won the first five points and built a 6-3 lead. As Broadbent secured what he called the biggest win of his college career, he punctuated each of his final three points with a successively louder “Yes!” accompanied by a fist pump. Broadbent said the unusual display of emotion was an attempt to fire himself up before facing Trinity...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Squash Flattens Dartmouth | 1/30/2003 | See Source »

...Bennett’s fracture, a fracture-dislocation in which the first bone of the thumb breaks while the triangular bone at the joint is held intact by ligaments. It’s the most common kind of thumb fracture and it often occurs in basketball, skiing and fist fights...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ingram’s Comeback Earns Her Thumbs-Up From Team | 1/6/2003 | See Source »

...filter--just a few words will set her off on a discourse about heart disease or what's wrong with the criminal-justice system. Her fiercest exclamations are "Well, heck!" and "Oh, my gosh!" She often leaps to her feet to make a point, waves her arms, pounds her fist and attempts impersonations of the characters in her stories, practically dancing in place while Ross lies on the turquoise leather sofa and the kids go about their business. When imitating FBI higher-ups, she lowers her voice several octaves, tucks her chin in, squares her shoulders and sways side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coleen Rowley: The Special Agent | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

ROWLEY: [Addressing Watkins] Whenever you talk, I think, Oh, my gosh, great. She's saying what I think. [Rowley stands up and pounds her fist into her palm as she says this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Cynthia Cooper, Sherron Watkins, Coleen Rowley | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

FRAUD, CORRUPTION, INTIMIDATION. The tribes' secrecy about financial affairs--and the complicity of government oversight agencies--has guaranteed that abuses in Indian country growing out of the surge in gaming riches go undetected, unreported and unprosecuted. Tribal leaders sometimes rule with an iron fist. Dissent is crushed. Cronyism flourishes. Those who question how much the casinos really make, where the money goes or even tribal operations in general may be banished. Indians who challenge the system are often intimidated, harassed and threatened with reprisals or physical harm. They risk the loss of their jobs, homes and income. Margarite Faras...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indian Casinos: Wheel Of Misfortune | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

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