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...Eight, and he is a multi-dimensional threat in the pocket. O’Hagan’s best attribute may be his ability to make plays with his feet—he led the team with 89 rushing yards at Princeton—as Murphy is quick to highlight.“All things being equal,” Murphy said, “You ask any defensive coordinator, you get two guys of basically somewhat equal ability, and one guy can make plays with his feet…it’s tougher to defend. It?...
...Talent really wants to draw attention to the risk of breast cancer. When the U.S. Park Service told him in 2004 that he couldn't illuminate St. Louis's famous Gateway Arch with pink floodlights to highlight breast cancer awareness month because the rangers feared it would create a precedent for other national monuments, Talent passed a Senate bill authorizing him to do so. Earlier this month, Laura Bush flew in from Washington to flip the switch on the pink lights. Talent told onlookers, "Soon we will be able to find a cure to this life-threatening disease that affects...
Perhaps the most pleasantly surprising aspect of Akpan’s play to date this season has been his consistency. Despite playing so many minutes and having some early season performances that many may have assumed were to be the highlight of his season, he has continued to contribute and be the finisher for the offense...
...Alan J. Dworsky curator of Chinese art and head of the department of Asian art at the Sackler Museum. The Japanese items include three superb examples of early Buddhist sculpture. “Each one of these sculptures is of national treasure quality,” Mowry said. The highlight, however, is a sculpture of Prince Shotoku, dated to 1292, which Mowry described as “magnificent,” and “the single most important [Japanese] sculpture anywhere in the West.” The sculpture was originally bought in Japan in 1936 by the grandfather...
...says was prompted by questions from students who urged military intervention in war-torn Bosnia and Darfur. The result is spectacular. Kennedy’s book is extremely nuanced, as it should be, given his subject. And the prose is immensely readable: clearly expressed, full of examples to highlight abstract points, and organized so well that it allows readers to easily understand the framework of Kennedy’s arguments. He begins by asserting that current international laws governing warfare were made for a different time. Today, it’s hard to say when war begins and when...