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...They’d raise their voices and stare us down, one hand clutching a cocktail, the other at the hip, pointing out exactly how much we’ve all changed since elementary school—proof enough that when it comes to tying the knot, a modern woman should wait, wait, wait...
...database, designed by Brezine, allows the researchers to compare color, thread, and knot configurations and uncover links between different khipu. The Inca usually organized the knots into levels that constituted a decimal place system, but the researchers also found knot configurations that represented place names rather than numerical data...
Enough, at least, to reel off four consecutive games, take the second set 7-5, and knot the overall score...
...blew through town--the little town of Cuba in the mountains of northwestern New Mexico--and made the fatal mistake of sexually assaulting one of Cuba's young women. Betty Jane and her colleagues on the local paper, the Cuba News thought this worthy of note, especially after a knot of vengeful Cubans had their way with the vagrant. Trouble followed publication. As Betty Jane put it: "The local fellows didn't like it at all that we printed their names...
...Hanover, Harvard fell behind by 19 midway through the first half, but managed to claw back to knot the score at 62 and send the game into overtime. The Big Green edged the Crimson in the extra period, taking the game 73-70 and knocking Harvard off in the league opener for the second consecutive year...