Word: legging
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...Ballard's job - when she can get in the house - is to try to give low-income parents a leg up. She teaches them many of the same child-rearing techniques that give the children of middle-class and educated parents an edge socially and in school - and that instruction is often eye-opening for both Ballard and her clients. You would be surprised to know what new parents don't know, Ballard says, recalling the case of one father who thought babies couldn't hear at birth. He asked, "When do their eyes open?' He thought they were like...
...long have we endured this operatic tyranny. For too long have we sat complacent while our dining hall, our sacred home, has been overran by illegitimate musical usurpers in their faux-moorish Bastille. For too long have we been denied the basic rights of interhouse guests and leg-room during meals. And tonight another grievance. Before the clock struck half past eight, our beloved Brain Break, which fed us when we were hungry and strengthened us when we were weak, has been stripped of her prize asset: hot water to make...
...kept in close contact with his parent's homeland. He arranged for Chinese President Hu Jintao to start off his first state visit in 2006 to America in Seattle, and has met privately with Chinese Premier Wen Jibao - a rare event for any U.S. politician. He also ran a leg of the Olympic torch relay before 2008's Beijing Olympics...
...exhibition relay meet with Northeastern Friday at Blodgett Pool. Sophomore Katy Hinkle was part of three winning teams, anchoring the 150-yard butterfly relay and leading off in the 200-yard medley and 250-yard medley relay events. Hinkle posted the top split (25.92) for her 50-yard butterfly leg as she teamed up with sophomore Robyn Thom and junior Sophie Morgan to win the opening butterfly relay. As the meet shifted to graduated relays, Harvard continued to find success, winning the 500-yard freestyle relay (4:40.05). Freshman Monica Burgos, sophomore Holly Furman, Zagroba, and junior co-captain Alexandra...
...time of 3:19.18.“I was feeling pretty good about our guys [going into the final race],” Saretsky said. “We had Jon Dingus, who was the record holder at his school in the 400, running off as a leadoff leg. Those other guys just did a great job.”“We just needed to beat Northeastern in order to win but to do it in a dominant fashion and to win the meet was a great note to end on,” he added.While the 4x400...