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...senior Keren Gudeman and Honorable Mention All-America junior Naomi Miller will be expected to lead a talented Crimson offense from the forward spots. Gudeman shares the team record for career assists with Stauffer, and should add to that total by setting up Miller and the other Harvard strikers. Miller, the 1995 Ivy Rookie of the Year, takes over for Stauffer as Harvard's main scoring threat...
...Harvard's two returning All-Ivy goaltenders, each of whom is almost certain to see time in the net. Junior Jen Burney- a First Teamer-takes a 0.74 goals-against average (GAA) and a .774 save percentage into the 1997 season, while sophomore Anne Browning-who was Honorable Mention All-Ivy-returns after posting a 0.54 GAA and an .810 save percentage. Junior Meredith Bagley remains a capable backup...
...Robin Hood in reverse," George Church pondered whether he should collect Social Security payments he doesn't need, at the expense of the working poor [VIEWPOINT, Aug. 18]. But he conveniently failed to mention that the working poor also receive Social Security pensions, and many of those contributing relatively little receive proportionately greater benefits than those who have paid in much more to the system. Moreover, the great majority of those receiving proportionately less are not millionaires but ordinary people with incomes under $100,000, and the money withheld from their paychecks could have been better invested privately. There...
...suppose Gingrich could have been thinking, "If they didn't like me fat, maybe they'll like me thin." Alas, they don't like him thin, either. News stories from Indianapolis tended to mention his new slimness, but they also tended to mention ratings that would assure him of being the least popular candidate going into the primaries, unless Mike Tyson unexpectedly throws his hat in the ring...
Things aren't always easy for white writers on race. Sift through the confused, conflicting feelings that most white Americans today harbor on race-charged issues--from affirmative action to interracial marriage, not to mention the Million Man March and O.J.--and try to make some sense of them. Don't stray too far right; you'll invite charges of callousness. But don't huddle too close to the left; you'll be criticized for rabble rousing. And along the way, be mindful of readers' easy exhaustion with the whole subject...