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...think that one thing that we have to continue to focus on is, like Coach said, being a little more careful with the ball,” junior guard Andrew Pusar said. “I think they’re good at getting out and running in the open floor and finding guys in transition; a lot of times I think we got a little slow to match up in transition...
When I chose to come to Harvard, I tried to convince myself that the Puritan façades would hardly affect my undergraduate experience and to focus on academics. But I couldn’t stop thinking about architecture. The visual nature of one’s surroundings exercises a great deal of influence upon one’s life, which is why someone who can’t swim will pay millions of dollars to see the ocean out the window every morning. If anything, architecture is a better reason to pick a school than its name, which...
...Clinton poked fun at this state of affairs on Thursday evening, provoking loud and knowing laughs from her Seattle audience. She then urged her supporters to ignore their meaningless primary ballots and instead focus on caucusing. "I need you to find where your caucus site is and to go and stand up for me," Clinton said. "If you stand up for me for a couple of hours on Saturday, I will stand up for you throughout this campaign...
...only after Fred and Rudy and Mitt have dropped out, and McCain has all but mathematically sealed the G.O.P. nomination, does Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson come out and endorse Mike Huckabee as "our best remaining choice for President of the United States," now that it can't possibly make a difference. Given how this season has unfolded, there is something beautifully appropriate about that...
...sheep. You get the sense that rank-and-file evangelicals are just as sick of their own "leaders" as they are of the political arena in general. This actually represents a return to normal: evangelicals have historically been suspicious of getting too deeply involved in worldly matters, preferring a focus on individual salvation. So their willingness to vote their hearts with Huck and leave the rest to the Lord is perfectly normal behavior...