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...Crimson disposed of the Cadets in three games, sandwiching a 6-5 loss in the second game between victories in the first and third games, 12-1 and 4-1. Jamieson, who also recorded the victory in the clincher over the Tigers, pitched a five-hit, complete-game gem in the rubber match to send Harvard to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since...
Snipe said that the Black Heritage Trail, which includes the African Meeting House as one of its stops, is a little-known gem...
Hall plays amusing and intriguing games with language and imagery, which unfold slowly as the reader progresses. These mysteries and the moments of gem-like color in the imaginary sequences are often what makes the reading worthwhile...
Unless you're of Slavic descent or adept in Russian, you probably haven't closely examined the Slavic Languages and Literatures section of the course catalog--and you probably don't know about a gem of a course, Slavic 131: "Slavic Science Fiction...
...crest jewel of America's (brief) era of enlightenment. News media, public officials and those with a voice or forum within what remains of contemporary culture have an excellent chance to halt this sacrilege, before Sony-Disney get on board and turn a natural gem into a theme park. The "opposite shore" of the pond remains, at the moment, pristine--so you can see what used to be. The fucked-up side, incredibly, is now forbidden except to "hard hats." The second side goes next...