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Lacey Rayner, age 15 Modesto, California I am increasingly frustrated with our tendency in North America to pander to the lowest common denominator, a practice known as participatory democracy. Both U.S. and Canadian democracies are supposed to be based on representation by principled leaders. The Achilles' heel of today's North American political environment is the demand for the government to be slavishly obedient to the mass of ``empowered'' individuals, neatly packaged among a multitude of special-interest groups. In everyday matters, our expectations of government are limitless. Yet we hamstring its ability to act freely with propositions, referendums...
...second overtime, the Crimson's Achilles heel was its free throw shooting. Harvard went to the line eight times, and only hit two of the shots. That won't win you many games...
Furthermore, Harvard is stealing at a record pace of 13.6 per game, way ahead of last year's school record 10.9 per game. In fact, according to junior forward Darren Rankin, the Crimson's Achilles' heel against the Crusaders was not defense but offense-a relatively good sign amidst the taste of the defeat itself...
Scoring has been the Crimson's primary Achilles Heel thus far, and it probably cost it a victory over Army...
...Riordan pays him tribute in the song Yeats' Grave. This awareness of a particular past helps distinguish their songs from the typical rootless algae of pop music. In his poem A Coat, Yeats wrote, "I made my song a coat/ Covered with embroideries/ Out of old mythologies/ From heel to throat." As modern women conscious of an Irish heritage, O'Riordan, O'Connor and Keineg are creating pop music that's stirring and new and also beautifully traditional. They wear their coats well...