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...until the eighth President, Martin Van Buren, that America aimed lower. Van Buren was a smooth self-made man from upstate New York who clambered to leadership first in his state, then in the Democratic Party nationwide. He was a wire puller and wheeler-dealer. Former President John Quincy Adams praised his "calmness," "gentleness" and "discretion," though not his "profound dissimulation" and "fawning servility." Van Buren was a pol, first, last and always. He showed that intrigue and the art of popularity were now enough to win the White House. Since 1841, most successful presidential candidates have passed...
...sing-a-long, rapscallions barged into the Kong circa 3:45 and demanded the evening’s leftovers. Found: condom wrappers in Widener stacks and on the steps of Widener. It has been unseasonably warm. Best g-chat away messages: “Jamaica Kincaid forgot it was Martin Luther King Day. Amazing.” and “my second time in this neighborhood without my numchucks. i am not happy.” Get an umbrella...
...certainly not to the minors occupying the buildings whose vicinity suddenly renders drug offenders eligible for a much stiffer sentence. The undergrad with a dozen psychedelic mushrooms living high in Mather Tower, for instance, is not interested in padding his clientele with the young learners of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary far below. In these instances, the judiciary’s function of meting out well-contemplated, proportional justice to offenders has been completely overridden by a mandatory sentence out of all proportion to the crime committed. What logic, for instance, explains why a joint smoked in Winthrop H entry...
...penalty kill to play tighter around the net, preventing Dartmouth from crashing in at the net and scoring.In both cases, the Olympic trio of Gillian Apps, Sarah Parsons, and Katie Weatherston methodically moved the puck around and found the holes in the Crimson defense.Apps beat sophomore goalie Brittany Martin with a hard slapshot that deflected off of Weatherston in the first period.In the second frame, Apps banged home a puck after Martin got caught on the wrong side of the net on a nice across the crease pass from Weatherston.The Crimson also changed up its penalty kill to be tighter...
...thrilling the assembled crowd, putting pucks in the net. First, Dartmouth, on the power play, Parsons, Weatherston, and Apps, in that order, bing-bang-boom. Three stars, two passes, one backdoor cut, and a 2-1 lead before most of the 1,211 or Harvard goalie Brittany Martin could react.Then, on a 5-on-3, the Crimson experts picking apart the undermanned defense. Chu to Cahow at the point, down to Katie Johnston in the slot, quick shot and in. Wait, Katie Johnston? Johnston is a senior forward, with a previous career high of 10 goals and 21 points. She?...