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...perky sideliners as Chubby Checker does to Beyonce Knowles. As any viewer of espn's popular National High School Cheerleading Championships knows, contemporary cheerleading is part rigorous sport and part Vegas-style entertainment. The tension between the two is prompting schools, communities and national cheerleading associations to lay down some guidelines about what is and what is not acceptable along the sidelines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Spicy Cheers | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...turning point in the game came with just under two minutes remaining after the Stags (0-1) had pulled to within 58-57. Fairfield forward Deng Gai fouled Crimson senior center Tim Coleman on a lay-up attempt, then threw the ball in anger and drew a technical foul...

Author: By Jared A. Causer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Merchant Leads M. Hoops In Opener | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...began to lay on the pressure in the fourth game, taking advantage of Harvard’s poor passing to take an early 16-11 lead. The Crimson fell back on its defense to keep it close but never had a lead dropping the game...

Author: By Renzo Weber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Ends Season on Low Note | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

According to Gates, the publishing houses declined to support his efforts financially for the same reason that he faced no bidding opposition: Nobody had verified the authenticity of the work. The problem, however, lay in the fact that he could not prove the manuscript was legitimate until after he had purchased...

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Acquires Slave’s Novel | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...passed the turnip and tomato stalls of Yang-e-Qale town, a crowd of jeering men had formed. It was a woman who delivered the first blow, then the men joined in, pelting her with stones. Children finished the job by kicking up swirls of yellow dust, as she lay on the ground shielding her exposed face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Damned Anyway | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

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