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Codini found herself in such exemplary positions all break long, as she wreaked havoc on goalkeepers of both coasts. At the Claremont Tournament, the sophomore standout erupted, notching a whopping 13 goals—one third of the team’s production during the tournament and more than half her own output for the entire season...
...made on Aug. 12, but Mountbatten had ordered its details unpublished until two days after India's independence. He foresaw chaos and wanted British responsibility for it to be moot by the time the screaming started over the new borders. No preparations were therefore made to control the inevitable havoc. The result was a bloody birthday gift to newborn India and Pakistan as millions of people were uprooted amid massacres and murder. "I am sick with horror," Nehru would write his friend Mountbatten after visiting one affected area. More horror was to come: refugee camps everywhere and, eventually, war with...
...homefront, the entertainment industry has responded, in a swift havoc of pushing back movie releases that now seem tacky and frivolous, while fast-forwarding others, searching for the politically-neutral feel-good movie/cash cow that everyone needs. Even the Oscars went on, with 33 million viewers grateful for the opportunity to mindlessly watch Hollywood pat itself on the back for four hours in subdued dresses (J. Lo wore a toga), with the usual $22,000 dollar-gift basket presenters, while the local news station interspersed the broadcast with announcements asking residents to donate sunscreen to the troops. At least...
With stormy weather playing havoc with the schedule, the No. 30 Crimson faced Fresno St. last Saturday night in the second match it had played that day. Juniors David Lingman and Mark Riddell dispatched the Bulldogs at No. 1 doubles, and the tandem of sophomore Jonathan Chu and junior Chris Chiou clinched the point for Harvard...
...this lifestyle imperiled when a young American doctor, Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), falls in love with Phuong and tries to wrest her away. As the eponymous “quiet American,” Pyle is rather the opposite—his naive idealism and fervent democratic bent wreak havoc in issues apart from the cynical Fowler’s true love. Not only is love at stake, however: Pyle’s presence also leads Fowler to uncover disturbing information about America’s involvement in the war. Though Pyle turns Fowler’s life topsy-turvy...