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...time ticked down in the second half, the Stags had their two best opportunities to end the game with a win. Near the end of regulation a ball across the crease went untouched, and following the start of overtime Dale saved a header attempt by Fairfield point leader Ahna Johnson...
...improved over the next two days, the team slipped on the leaderboard as Friday’s windy weather conditions eased up over the weekend. Southeastern Louisiana led the field over all three rounds and ultimately took home the win. Towson University followed, finishing four shots off the lead. Johnson and Wales University-Florida rounded out the top three, six shots off the lead. For Harvard, Shore posted the most impressive numbers. Finishing at +5, 72-72-69, Shore’s scores earned him a spot in the overall top 20, with a tie for 16th as an individual...
...Indeed, there was a time when 19 seemed so far down the line that I couldn’t even imagine what I would be doing after so many years. But watching the 14-year-old British diver Tom Daley and the 16-year-old American gymnast Shawn Johnson made me think back with regret to what I was doing when I was 14 (Mortal Kombat) and 16 (Jackass stunts...
...Johnson had access to Palin and her family that a reporter could only dream about now, although even some of her candid statements sound eerily like late-2008 talking points. Referring to her unsuccessful run for the lieutenant governorship of Alaska in 2002, Palin told the author, "There was a lot of talk about the fact that I didn't have years of experience. Leadership shouldn't be based on years of public experience - it should be based on vision and example...
...There is a curious omission in the book: Johnson doesn't write about Palin's beauty queen days, when she came in second in the Miss Alaska contest and was named Miss Congeniality. The reader wonders why that was left out - and whether it might have contrasted with Palin's crusading politician backstory. Likewise, there is no mention of her pro-life stance, or her views on creationism. But her religious beliefs, including her baptism at 12 years old, are mentioned with approval...