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Harvard came to life much quicker in this frame, clawing back to take an early 9-8 lead. Junior outside hitter Nilly Schweitzer won four service points during a mid-game run that saw the Crimson expand its lead to three...
...skin. He feels neither Indian nor American, without even a true home to feel homesick for. But a series of tableaux, however poignant, does not a novel make. In her Pulitzer-prizewinning story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri mastered the art of ending on a freeze-frame, leaving her characters suspended in a moment of ambiguity and ambivalence. It doesn't work quite as well at novel length, and The Namesake feels like three-quarters of a book--albeit three-quarters of a splendid one. --By Lev Grossman
...maneuverability of rockets and satellites could someday help Chinese missiles penetrate America's planned national missile-defense system. Indeed, the Pentagon warned in a report to Congress in July that "China's manned space efforts almost certainly will contribute to improved military space systems in the 2010-2020 time frame...
...Crusaders’ offense was roused from its slumber when it mattered, lighting up the Harvard defense for 13 points in the final frame and pulling to within five before ultimately falling just short...
...fact that the crimes occurred in a reasonably contiguous area concerns us,” he said. “We’re concerned when they’re clustered in a time-frame or certain building...