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...clear goal that was carrying too much momentum to be stopped by the goalkeeper’s outstretched hand. The latter half of the match boasted several close shots with sophomore Kelcey Harrison’s kick that grazed the upper left post, missing the net by a narrow margin. Merritt also had an attempt that hit the crossbar and rolled behind the net a few minutes before the game ended. “I am trying to turn and go at the goal and shoot more,” Merritt said. “Good things happen when...
...such as cooking spaghetti, to intellectual discussions with total strangers to heart-stopping, beyond-reality experiences. His images are at times so vivid and meticulously detailed that reading them is like watching a movie. When I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I made a pencil dot in the margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book - which I've done about seven times. His works are like symphonies that one enjoys listening to over and over again. Mel Leyde, SOPHIATOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...
...said Big Red head coach Jim Knowles.But as was the case all game, when the Crimson gave one up, it later took it back. Cornell’s field goal on the opening drive of the third quarter trimmed the deficit to four, the closest margin of the game, before Harvard responded with a 51-yard scoring pass from Pizzotti, who finished with 284 yards on 16-of-27 passing, to sophomore Matt Luft—to finally finish off the Big Red.“Anyone who knows football knows it’s such a tenuous thing, momentum...
Less than a week after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left a bemused and scornful audience at Columbia University, Iran’s parliament voted by a margin of 215 to declare the “aggressor U.S. army and the Central Intelligence Agency…terrorists [who] nurture terror.” Their reasoning might seem dubious—apparently based on the U.S.’s decision to drop atomic bombs 60 years ago—but the vote provides a unique opportunity for American introspection...
...would face them next time as Premier. However, as more votes come in from eastern Ukraine, the PR's stronghold, Yanukovych may still come up the winner, says respected Kiev-based political analyst, Victor Nebozhenko. If he pulls it off, however, it will be by a much narrower margin than expected, Nebozhenko says, and given the PR's campaign investment of some $400 million, "it's a rout...