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...William and Mary, Ko had an especially strong performance, advancing all the way to the finals of the Flight A draw. On her way through the bracket, the senior, who is currently ranked No. 84 in the nation, easily took down three ranked players. “She fought hard each match and the work she did in practice paid off,” Harvard coach Traci Green said. “She was very consistent and very mentally tough. Unfortunately she couldn’t put it together in the last match.” Ko defeated...
...think the game was just a great test of will on our part,” Crimson coach Ray Leone said. “BC dominated the second half and overtime. It proved we could defend a great team.” The Harvard defense played exceptionally well and fought off Eagle attacks by staying compact and forcing non-threatening attempts on goal. Junior keeper Lauren Mann made 11 saves. Freshman Melanie Baskind got the Crimson on the board first in the 10th minute. After a good string of possessions, she received a pass from co-captain Nicole Rhodes, made...
...then there is reconnecting with one’s younger self. For many LGBT people, youth was not a happy time but instead one filled with loneliness, confusion, and self-doubt. Having fought very hard to put the shame and pain of those years behind them, LGBT adults often have no desire to revisit those days. Why voluntarily go back to a time in one’s life that is remembered as so painful...
...Streisand fund raiser. "The reason I am calm is, I have confidence in the American people." Yes, McCain recently adopted the mantra of "change" as well, easing away from "experience" after putting Sarah Palin on the ticket, but Obama sees that as proof that the election will be fought on his turf. His campaign will make adjustments--including a sharper focus on women voters, as well as harsher attacks by running mate Joe Biden and through television advertisements--but Obama's overriding message will still be a version of lipstick-on-a-pig: the 72-year-old Republican who supports...
...morning he took artichokes to Sally. "Art makes you choke, Father," she said. "You should give it up. It's a false god who causes you nothing but pain.") As Sally's life fell apart from the inside out, Greenberg's began collapsing from the outside in. He fought with his wife, Sally's stepmother. He drank. As a freelance writer, he had no health insurance; the first bill for Sally's meds came...