Word: grab
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...home for any appreciable time and not be rushed. Shit, no inter-House at Adams today. Gong this! 11 a.m. is too early for lunch anyways, but I have nothing else to do and I'm avoiding my TF's office hours in Loker. I head to Holyoke to grab a seat at the awkwardly situated Campo di Fioro (spellcheck!!). I get the first chunk of the freshly baked bread du jour on my sandwich and I take mental notes on who's going into...
Hold on. The number on her jersey is not some power grab at now vacant Airness but an allusion to the most important person in Holdsclaw's life. It refers to the 23rd Psalm, the one that begins "The Lord is my shepherd," taught to her by her grandmother June, who's been closer than a mother since Holdsclaw was 11 and her parents divorced. "I told her when she was little, anything you want, ask Him," says June. The Psalm provides this provocative promise: "Thou anointest my head with oil." So there's more than crossing Jordan involved here...
...with 2,928 points (and 1,261 rebounds) so far in her amateur career. Last month she sailed past New York Knick Allan Houston's record to become U.T.'s highest scorer ever, then beat out Heisman-trophy winner Ricky Williams to grab the prestigious Sullivan Award for best amateur. No matter what happens in the current NCAA tournament (she's led her team to three titles already), when she leaves college in three months, she will be one of the highest-paid players in women's pro basketball...
Typical Response from Harvard Guy: [Tries to muster up the courage to say something to her, but instead decides to run to Loker to grab a bag lunch before it closes...
...fashioned, but it seems that at Harvard, lots of women are looking to be chased. The catch: No one is willing to do the chasing. Everyone wonders why there are so few dating couples here at Harvard--perhaps someone needs to step up and grab the reins...