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...against only a fraction of what could be. This year, Berg has battled a torn patella tendon all season—but that’s nothing compared with his effort two years ago. Berg played nearly half of the 2004 campaign with what essentially amounted to a broken leg, despite being the only sophomore starting for that year’s undefeated Ivy League champion defensive line.“It’s one thing to play, but when you see the extremely high athletic level that he plays, he’s one of the more amazing...
...White Swan, Black Swan” exhibits an evocative vibrancy resulting from Sharp’s privileging of experiential description over critical terminology: “Like balsa bent into a bow, I am rocked into an impossible backward C, Nilas holding my arms and one leg above us, stringing me up. Then I am lashed beneath his body. My leg is extended high and pressed between us like a sword. Our pelvises meet and pulse. The audience takes a collective breath...
...patients, never get better, no matter what you do. So we treat it with respect. I have seen a stress fracture of the foot keep a middle-aged woman hobbling in pain for over a year. Every doc in my field has experience with schoolgirls whose mysterious foot and leg pains are relieved only by a doctor's note that gets them out of gym. On the other end of the unrelieved spectrum are the non-compliant adolescent patients who sneak the forbidden activities and never let the fracture heal...
...Harvard’s offensive stagnancy may have been due in part to four turnovers and an untimely, untouched safety, but part of the reason the Crimson had so much trouble moving the ball was the leg of Quaker punter Anthony Melillo. His per-punt average of 36.8 yards won’t turn any heads, but it was his precision at the game’s key moments that killed many of Harvard’s best chances at climbing out of its second-half hole...
...very crucial and there is a huge need there,” says Besselle. “I was lost my first year of community college. The people who we’re targeting are the people who really need it.”GETTING A LEG UP, BUT FROM WHERE?But who are the students who generally use college consulting companies? The statistics are unclear, but the traditional line of reasoning goes that college consultants help students who feel underserved by the college guidance counselors at their high schools. “It’s unusual...