Word: goat
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...seconds, the whole complexion of the season changed. And a normally unflappable veteran—a starter in his freshman year—suddenly went from defensive stopper to goat...
...super seniors are not of the repeat 12th grade variety, but rather have generally taken a semester or two off to experience life outside of the ivy gates. Some work, while others jet set for a year. One super senior even spent a term laboring on a goat farm in New Zealand. Such adventures are a somewhat common phenomenon: the Administrative Board approved 171 leave of absence petitions, according to the Board’s 2006-2007 Guide For Students. “A lot of my friends are still here,” says Visual and Environmental Studies concentrator...
...Child Left Behind Act, which uses tests to make schools accountable for their performance. But when Bush visited a classroom-the kids were doing a project about thunderstorms-all I could think about was that other classroom, the one in Florida, where he was reading My Pet Goat when the news came on the morning of Sept...
...journalist by training, she's an avid researcher, but her books are not dry. Sold is told in poetic vignettes in the voice of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl who lives in rural Nepal. Life is grueling there for women young and old. "A girl is like a goat," a local saying goes. "Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it's time to make a stew." Her stepfather sells her for 800 rupees to a woman who spirits her off to a brothel in Calcutta. If the book sounds...
...right amount of kick. The salads, though fresh, are mediocre, especially when the inexperienced and overwhelmed cooks forget the dressing. The green apple slaw is to be avoided at all costs by anyone who doesn’t like thin orange mayo. Highlights included the smoked salmon and goat cheese crepe and the breakfast panini. Z Square café has promise, especially for health conscious partiers looking for an alternative to Pinocchio’s at 1:30 a.m. (the café is open until 2), but it needs time to work the kinks out: the waitstaff is eager...