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...about 150 Marines, backed by Humvees armed with .50-cal. machine guns, push out in a staggered formation, about 10 yds. apart on both edges of the dirt road. To the right, we hear explosions and loud shooting. As we advance, the noise of fighting is joined by the frantic barking of dogs and the lowing of cattle. At a point where the track forks right, a group of Marines sets up mortars and fires them into a building believed to be a reinforced bunker. The building goes up in flames. "Move! Move!" says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life on the Front Lines | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...more effective was the authentically anthemic “Almost Crimes,” which had Haines and pseudo-frontman Kevin Drew singing together in waves of mounting energy, leading the audience to rewarding sections of frantic improvisation. This song, with its impromptu guitar solos and impassioned finale, truly stole the show and the audience. “Cause=Time” was another highlight—a steadily chugging offbeat propelled the more restrained, but just as powerful number, its potential voltage crackling under a metronomic progression...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Broken Social Scene Enthral Audience | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

Harvard’s frantic charge to tie the match came up just short, as Brown goalie Julia Southard stopped a free position shot by freshman attacker Liz Gamble with six seconds remaining to seal the game...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scoring Flurry Leads W. Lacrosse Past Bucknell, 18-8 | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...result, even when we did get up, we couldn’t hold onto it because we were playing a little too frantic and weren’t finishing on our passes, and we weren’t really playing together as a team...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scoring Flurry Leads W. Lacrosse Past Bucknell, 18-8 | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

Somewhere, lost amidst the taxi cabs swerving around pedestrians, frantic nannies chasing after their charges and Manhattan socialites strutting to and from their black-tie dinner engagements, lies a Park Avenue subculture that most will never know exists...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Foot in the Door | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

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