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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...throws turned out to be the deciding factor in a game that remained close until the Crimson (4-5) grabbed an 11-point lead about halfway through the second half. The Owls (4-5) were able to use a 29-14 free throw attempt advantage on the game to knock down points from the charity stripe and run past Harvard in the last minute of the contest. Rice did not even need excellent shooting from the line to mount their comeback—it only made 62 percent of its free throw shots for the game?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEB UPDATE: Long-range shooting can't bail out Crimson | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

...Planxa was with a girlfriend a couple of years ago in an area without an open grocery store, so after a trip to CVS, he worked up a pizza with canned pineapples, canned corn and Spam that went over pretty well. "I don't know why people knock it," he says of the oft maligned spiced ham. Celebri-chef Kerry Simon is also a Spam defender. "Anything you can think of that you want to try, it's capable of," he says. (See pictures of what makes you eat more food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome Back, Spam | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...Dude, Don't Knock the Book I have been dreading the release of the film Twilight [Dec. 1]. I felt certain that any movie version of the book would be hokey, and TIME's review of the film confirmed my fears. I take exception, though, to Richard Corliss's apparent condemnation of the source material. I have been reading fantasy and science fiction for more than two decades. Stephenie Meyer's best-selling series (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn) is captivating and original, with an audience that goes far beyond pubescent girls. It would be unfortunate if those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next for the GOP | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...told you to bring a stallion!”************In her modest chambers, Roxanna sat in a ray of sunlight, brushing her liquid cornsilk locks. She was only wearing her shift; it seemed foolish to put on more clothes when Frederick would be arriving at any minute.There was a knock at the door, and Roxanna leapt up, ready to greet Frederick with the basket of fresh biscuits she had made for him that morning. “Come in, my love!” she called.It was Felicity.“Oh look,” Frederick?...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

Dude, Don't Knock the Book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

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