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...this mysterious tar-pounder? He was captain of his high school soccer and lacrosse teams, played semi-pro soccer and was on the ski patrol at a New York state ski area. He can grab a football and casually fling it 50 yards--in a perfect spiral...
...consensus at the Government Department is that Kearns will get tenure, but that it won't be easy. As one graduate student in Government commented, "The knives are raised in the Government Department. All they needed was something tangible to grab onto in order to kick her out. Now they have the contract dispute to point to." One junior professor of the Government Department said: "She'll probably get tenure, but it will be more a matter of pride than anything else. The Government Department does not want to go back on its word...
...does follow some of his own advice. He practices the power gaze, learned to pick out the power seat at meetings and cultivates an appropriate air of mystery about himself by hinting to visitors about his role in some still-secret cold war mission. Korda also made sure to grab a power position when his predecessor as Simon & Schuster editor in chief, Robert Gottlieb, moved on to Random House. Says Korda, who threatened to quit if he was not allowed to take over Gottlieb's vacant office: "If I hadn't moved into that office and in effect...
...squad once again displayed the impressive depth and grab bag of strokes that has been the hallmark of Barnaby's six previous national-championship teams...
Radcliffe hoped to grab the rebound if Boston State missed the foul shot, but instead had to settle for a jump ball. Maude Wood snatched it, but by the time the Radcliffe five could get the ball downcourt, less than ten seconds remained, and the clock...