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Harvard didn’t open Saturday’s sailing at Kings Point with gusto, but was in close striking distance...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Stalls in Tune-Ups for Regionals | 4/19/2005 | See Source »

...behaves "somewhat flippantly," said a U.S. Navy doctor. He is "rather immature," reported a U.S. Air Force psychiatrist. "He took delight in being the center of attention. He was grabbing for the glitter and gusto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking and Screaming | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

Sadly, my guess is that Evangelicals won't embrace "creation care" with as much gusto as they did, say, the anti-gay-marriage movement anytime soon. Still, I take satisfaction in knowing that even a few leaders of that politically influential constituency have started pestering policy makers about more aggressive pollution control. If I have to lie awake nights being worried that the runoff from some waste incinerator in Ohio is somehow going to cause my baby to be born with webbed feet, I want Karl Rove and Bill Frist to be fretting about those issues as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earth Mothers on Patrol | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

...biggest stage in women’s college hockey last weekend at the NCAA Frozen Four in New Hampshire, Vaillancourt played with maturity and gusto beyond her years, scoring four goals in two games to bring Harvard within reach of a national championship...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AOTW: Anything But a Rookie on the Big Stage | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

...soldiers ask me to sing for them in return. I am prepared for just such a moment. Before leaving the U.S., I had memorized a song called Day Ma Di, written by students in South Vietnam who are against the war. I launch into it con gusto, feeling ridiculous but I don't care. Vietnamese is a difficult language for a foreigner to speak and I know I am slaughtering it, but everyone seems delighted that I am making the attempt. Everyone laughs and claps, including me. I am overcome on this, my last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: My Life So Far | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

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