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...more emotional. In some cases, the judges respond to the reality of the story; in other cases, they respond to really great writing." The winner of the July grand prize, as well as of category prizes in both July and October, was a letter carrier from Portland, Ore., named Murr Brewster, whose folksy commentary on low-rise jeans and other fashion trends won in "Style+Beauty+Body." (An excerpt: "rolling cumulonimbus mounds of flesh were thundering out of pants all over town. Everywhere I looked, girls were celebrating physiques of the sort that once ignited the muumuu industry.") The announcement...
...Murr Brewster's story is really great writing. The Paul Simon story is raw, amazing life," Petty said. "Either of those can win on this site." The contest's only inflexible condition is that each story must be true; FieldReport checks up on the winners to verify that their narratives aren't fictional. The site's benefit for both writers and readers, according to the founders, is its sense of community. "The blogosphere hasn't given people an effective outlet for publishing this kind of story," Thompson says, "because unless you're really savvy, you're actually just jettisoning your...
50th Reunion Dinner, at 6, with remarks by President Drew Faust and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith. Murr Center...
Harvard (11-6, 3-0 Ivy) dominated the Quakers (11-9, 2-2 Ivy) at the Murr Center Friday afternoon, dropping only one set in a 7-0 trouncing, its first shutout victory of the season...
...Ermakov went down 3-5 in the second set and seemed shaken off his game. But he regrouped, returning to his aggressive groundstrokes in time to assure victory before the skies burst forth.After a half-hour delay and a relocation from the outdoor Beren Tennis Center to the enclosed Murr Tennis Center, Ermakov needed only a few more points to carry home a 6-1, 7-5 victory.No. 3 co-captain Dan Nguyen won his first set with relative ease, but eased up just enough in the second set to allow his opponent to force a tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker...