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Instead, each dining hall has card checkers--those usually forgotten men and women who swiftly grab our cards and, with one flick of the wrist, swipe them through the machine...
...checkers at Annenberg are known for their vigilance, but Gerolimatos even leaves her post sometimes when she wants to grab lunch herself. "When I let the students check their own card, they swipe it too fast," she complains, "and my computer starts to go a little crazy." Gerolimatos cheerfully greets each individual student, without having to cheat and peek at the names on the card. Unfortunately, few checkers have adopted this level of enthusiasm...
...worried about matching up with them individually," said Scott. "We have a speed advantage and we want to use it. The key to that is going to be rebounding. Our coaches have been telling us that if we don't grab their missed shots...
...walk through the place and saw what was there." He saw enough to tell him that knocking off the place would be child's play. It looked like such an easy mark, he says, that he and Donati browsed like window shoppers, chatting about what pieces they'd grab...
Even though Falzon transferred to San Francisco two years ago, he calls Boston almost daily, and he pursues West Coast leads on the case. "At the start, I would walk home, grab a bite and some sleep and then go right back. I literally worked day and night. It wasn't a task; it was a passion, and it still is. You get involved in something like this. It's part of your life. It's part...