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...number one in the league.”Throughout his prospective record-breaking 2006 campaign, Dawson will take what he calls “more small steps” to increase his chances of reaching the NFL.Having already run for some scouts, next season he must continue to impress as agents and scouts roam the sidelines, scrutinizing his every step to assess his potential.Whether or not the team representatives see his promise, Dawson says that he will play professional ball post-graduation. And if all goes as planned, his career will begin with an NFL squad.—Staff...
Sure, Stephen Greenblatt’s book on Shakespeare was “kind of a big deal.” But few things are more impressive than English department superstars taking to the stage as characters from Shakespeare—whilst reading their unlearned lines directly off a sheet of paper. “Love and Cruelty” was both the theme and title of the show, which meant that TFs and professors had to interact in a rather uncomfortable and unfamiliar context. A scene from Richard III starring Professor Daniel G. Donoghue as Lady Anne playing opposite...
...many germs/debris in 0.1 sec as it does in 5 sec or 50 sec or 500 sec.” “Unless you are in a place where serious pathogens are likely, eating dropped food sounds okay to me—although it may not impress your date. But then dropping food on the floor has already cost you points anyway. Question: Which has more human pathogens, the floor or your spouse’s/partner’s/date’s mouth? It’s definitely not the floor, but I quite enjoy kissing. Finally...
...poverty that disproportionately afflicts its population. “Life is 10 percent what life does to you, and 90 percent how you respond to it,” Bryant said. “It’s about choices—are you going to evolve or devolve, impress or depress?” Bryant is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, America’s first non-profit social investment banking organization...
...finding it to be a "connection between the theory and the practice" of their Catholic faith, joined a few years later. A stockbroker, Silas says the organization has helped him find a way to bring his faith into his professional life. Every workaday task becomes an opportunity to impress God. "You don't just buy [a stock] because it's on the buying list," he says. "You have to do independent research. You have to be sure that this is someplace you would put your [own] money. Your conscience is being touched...