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...It’s more of a mentally defeating loss,” Livingston said. “That’s not our personality [the play in the first half]. We’ll be pretty sour from our loss, but we saw what we can do in the second half...
...glittery and sequined, but it’s dark and there’s not much of that chirpy Polly Pocket-sized Australian girl from Australian soap opera “Neighbours” left to love. Her legions of gay followers are probably mourning their loss. Her skin-tight costumes look as though they were borrowed from Prince, her curls are shamelessly Xtina-esque, and her set design smacks of Gwen. She doesn’t even dance, despite the fact that nothing else is going on; instead, she jerkily moves around the stage, rubbing her cheeks against sparkly...
...into a super-tornado of woe when the former begins writing messages in the latter’s journal. The two find common ground in their shared hatred of Staples (or “Shtooples,” depending on the mood of the entry), their penchant for personal loss, and their unshakable self-loathing. The journal also features excerpts from Roger’s incubating debut meta-novel, the Scotch-soaked “Glove Pond.”The narrative style smacks of a sarcastic take on Goethe’s “The Sorrows of Young...
...Harvard field hockey team (7-8, Ivy 3-2) suffered a frustrating loss, 2-0 to No. 14 Boston University (BU) (14-5) at Jordan Field last night. BU came out strong, struck quickly, and never looked back. In the fourth minute of the first half, senior Hayley Hamada had an unassisted goal on Crimson goalie senior Siobhan Connolly. Hamada pushed the ball parst the Harvard defense, used her speed to beat the Crimson, and knocked a shot between Connolly’s legs and into the back of the net. After the quick goal, the Terriers held onto possession...
...This, in turn, has caused the Forest Service - which is supposed to perform a range of wilderness functions - to become largely a firefighting agency, devoting nearly half its budget to that one job. That has caught the eye of Congress, which wants spending to be brought under control. The loss in recent years of several firefighters who died protecting homes has further caused Washington to rethink its policies. "So much development in California has followed the pioneering spirit," says Keeley of the USGS. "But we're reaching critical limits in growth, and people have to realize that they will lose...