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...Infield fly rule=unexpected and unwelcome unzipping of pants; bunt=kissing her hand and then attempting to move to lips; Kirby Puckett=her ex-boyfriend; third base=vague; hit by pitch=hit by bus while kissing date; first base coach=guy who helps you make out; Cal Ripken, Jr.=making out with same girl 2,632 consecutive times; called third strike=leave theater, get popcorn, return, date absent; inside the park home run=artificial insemination; suicide squeeze= “DO ME OR I’LL KILL MYSELF”; Registrar Barry S. Kane=inventor of the suicide squeeze...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Rest In Peace, Kirby Puckett | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr., chairman and CEO of Moody’s Corporation, proclaimed, “I firmly believe that Moody’s business stands on the ‘right side of history’ in terms of the alignment of our role and function with advancements in global capital markets.” Editorialists, pundits, and lawmakers alike have scrutinized this sentiment over the past year, debating the role that credit-rating agencies played in the subprime crisis. Instead of the blame game it used to be, this debate has recently become a more fruitful discussion...

Author: By Noah M. Silver | Title: Risky Business | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...said Goldenheim, referring to singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles and electronic music group Ratatat, who will be performing earlier that evening at Yardfest. Steath Foxx is composed of R. Derek Wetzel ’10 on keyboard and vocals, guitarist John “Jay” J. Costa, Jr. ’09, bassist Mike Leitzel, and drummer Peter Simonelli, a student at the Art Institute of Boston. Stealth Foxx was notified of their selection on the night of April 14. “We had prepared a couple of tracks specifically for this...so we had our fingers crossed...

Author: By Aixin Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Contest Winner Will Play in Pub | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...years by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, a mere 18% of the state's fourth-graders were proficient, making them the worst in the nation. Even in Lake Wobegon that doesn't happen. Only in America. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, led by reformer Chester Finn Jr., has been analyzing state standards for more than a decade and concludes, "Two-thirds of U.S. children attend schools in states with mediocre standards or worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...Here at Harvard, William R. Kennan Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies Marjorie Garber is currently teaching “The Visual Animal”—a graduate seminar designing the General Education course on animals in literature, art, and popular culture to be offered next year. And Associate Professor of the History of Science Sarah Jansen launched a class on the history of dogs this semester...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: Animal Studies at Harvard | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

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