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...Ciasulli of Lehigh, 5-4, to earn a third-place finish and a spot at Nationals.“I’m disappointed with the result, but maybe I’ll see [Frey] in the Nationals,” said Preston, who had been recovering from a knee injury in the past couple of weeks. “It’s not going to bother me,” Preston added of his injury. “We have one more tournament, and then I can rest it all I want.”Meltzer, who lost...
...That’s a little hard for us to buy, son. In fact, your older sister took that same class when she was a freshman. She ended up getting an A- even though she had missed much of the semester while recovering from knee surgery, and had to take the final exam with an acute case of laryngitis that prevented her from be able to even read the questions, forcing her to guess what they were and make up her own answers.” They also didn’t believe my story that “Junior...
...because people mature at different ages but also because there is simply no definitive law that says that a child must be a certain age before he or she can encounter the word “scrotum.” Instead, in this particular case, the response demonstrates a knee-jerk reaction to one taboo word, rather than appropriate consideration of the context in which it appears...
Call it a cleansing of the palette or just a knee-jerk reaction to the kaleidoscopic colors of seasons past. For spring the "it" shade is no shade at all?or a total whiteout. Designers like Ralph Lauren whitewashed their runways with head-to-toe looks evoking a sojourn in a tropical climate. Even accessories, like Chanel's white-hot ceramic J12 watch and Herms' new soft, foldable Kelly bag, are getting the bleach treatment. If the upkeep of a crisp white wardrobe becomes an issue, there's always the home-dcor route. B&B Italia's Tufty...
...thing is, not all people are cut out for their three minutes of online-video fame. A Vault.com post features a blue-shirted manager with a knee jiggle and a boring spiel. A job-seeking techie on YouTube admits charmingly that he has no experience editing videos--and then packs his with gimmicky cutaways. One software engineer scores his with gangsta rap. And did I just fast-forward through that video on HireVue because of the guy's bad teeth...