Word: jakes
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...generation could just be a convenient fiction, propagated by academics looking for dissertation topics, publicists looking for publicity and (surely not) book critics looking for a headline. On some level it has always been an absurdity. Look at the heroes of the iconic books of those previous eras: Jake Barnes, Holden Caulfield, Dean Moriarty--bad seeds and square pegs, all of them. The paradox of every Voice novel is that it brings a generation of readers together around the idea that they alone are the single badass misfit truth teller in a world full of phonies...
...players and coaches alike accredited Harvard’s surprise NCAA bid to its superb record against the nation’s best squads. “The selection committee must have looked at wins against possible tournament teams and highly ranked teams,” co-captain midfielder Jake Samuelson said. “Other teams had good records but didn’t have the wins. It’s more a factor of who you beat than who you lost to.” —MADELEINE I. SHAPIRO
...Syracuse, it’s like the mecca of lacrosse up there,” co-captain Jake Samuelson said. “We’re excited because if we could’ve played anyone, this is who we really wanted...
...Eliot hosted a special breakfast before the 9 a.m. event, donated food for the competitors to consume after their treks, and provided a large number of the participants. The road race was sponsored by the Harvard Recreation Department, which approached the Gilligan family with the idea. Jake Olkkola, Harvard’s director of recreational sports, called it “the culmination of a lot of work and a lot of effort on the part of a lot of people.” In addition to the recreational department and Eliot House’s involvement, the Varsity soccer...
...earn the save, his fourth of the year. On a day when head coach Joe Walsh employed six pitchers in hopes of keeping the entire staff available for this weekend’s Ivy Championship Series against Princeton, Harvard received two scoreless innings apiece from Brad Unger and Jake Bruton to keep the game within reach through the middle innings. “What we’re trying to do is just keep it close,” Bruton said, “So when we do score runs, our team still has a chance.” After...