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...going to go with him,” she concluded. Though we both played very large roles in the formation, writing, and editing of our Staff position, she decided to go with the male. He could be spun as “pro-Summers.” In lieu of me, they opted for a representative from the Radcliffe Union for Students. She was vehemently “anti-Summers.” They could pit the male against the female, further entrenching into the public consciousness a rudimentary understanding of the debate at hand. I was supposed...
...imagine how scared I was! I didn’t stay around to see what else might happen; I didn’t want to be sacrificed in lieu of the goat. (Everyone knows that Satan worshippers—like their foul counterparts, Republicans and moderate Democrats—perform human sacrifices to their dark power.) I bolted tout de suite back to my Weld room and cowered under the covers of my bed. I’d never run as fast as I did that night and I don’t think I ever will again...
...lieu of Harvard’s heartbreaking double-overtime loss to Northeastern in the tournament’s semifinals, one might expect the No. 10 Crimson men’s hockey team to be hurt and downtrodden. But as assistant coach Bobby Jay explained, that’s far from the case...
...lieu of the parade, Zeta-Jones joined the dramatis personae from the Theatricals on the front steps of the Hasty Pudding theater on Holyoke Street...
...past two months, Cambridge has made long-term financial arrangements with both Harvard and MIT in which the universities will each make an annual payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) to compensate the city for services such as fire protection and garbage collection...