Word: laurens
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...have to admit that I felt some empathy for Lauren Upton, Miss Teen South Carolina and a runner-up to Miss Teen USA who became an overnight Internet sensation in August for her badly boggled and meandering answer to the question: Why can't one-fifth of Americans locate the United States on a map? I've been in the spotlight too, and I've lost my train of thought in the middle of answering a question, heard the rush of blood to my brain as I desperately tried to get back on track. I could feel her pain...
Miss Upton's answer, before it went horribly astray, started in a credible direction. She wondered if part of our geographic ineptitude was due to the fact that some "U.S. Americans" don't have maps. Good point, Lauren. I grew up with several roadmaps and atlases in my house, but when I look around today, my residence is void of any printed maps. The reason I've gone mapless is probably because I have access to amazingly detailed digital maps anytime online. So, all of this has got me thinking (no surprise) about our online geographic focus. What...
...advice to heart and emphasized “wedges, chipping and putting” in practice. She says that her improved short game wound up winning her the tournament.Harvey also had the benefit of a friendly face on the course—her sister’s. In fact, Lauren Doughtie, Harvey’s competition in the final round of the tournament, turned out to be the player who had ousted her sister in the early rounds.Harvey’s tightest match came in the quarterfinals, when the final putt was the decider between advancing and going home...
...Sunday afternoon,” senior captain Kyle Kovacs said. “They’re the main reason we rallied to end up fourth.” Kovacs competed as skipper in A-division with senior crew Elyse Dolbec, and sophomore skipper Drew Robb and junior crew Lauren Brants completed Harvard’s weekend lineup. Although the temperature proved to be more than hospitable for the Crimson on the small Medford lake, inconsistent wind conditions added difficulty to the races. “It was a little bit of everything,” Brants said...
...equally challenging for the Crimson. Stewart lost a three-setter 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, while junior Vilsa Curto, Rosekrans, Lee, Schnitter, and Sibilski all lost in straight sets. Harvard mixed up its doubles pairings for Saturday, and Schnitter and Rosekrans responded with an 8-3 win over Lauren Macfarlane and Jessica Wente of the Seminoles. Sibilski and Stewart fell 8-2, while the duo Brook and Lee lost by an identical score. Saturday turned out to be another tough afternoon of singles for the Crimson, as Sibiliski, Schnitter, Rosekrans, Stwart, Brook, and Lee all fell to the Bulldogs?...