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...prepared to tell you at this point that we’re going to lay off staff or stop serving kids,” said Swanger, referring to Work Force. “We will fight tooth and nail to keep it going and keep it going as it exists now.” —Staff writer Peter F Zhu can be reached at pzhu@fas.harvard.edu...
...confusing for me sometimes," he admits. "I'll skip words so people can't ever figure out where I'm going, just in case my written words slip away into the wrong hands." Frustrating as that may be for readers, this safeguard against creative theft illuminates the tooth-and-nail feistiness required to reach the pinnacle...
...pass from junior Adam Rousmaniere in the 63rd minute of play. The goal, which brought the Crimson’s lead up to 3-0, was a picture-perfect shot to the bottom left of the net.Only four minutes later, Fucito helped put the nail in the Bear’s coffin, with an assist to freshman Baba Omosegbon, and a four goal lead over Brown.With these skills and the ability to finish, teammates couldn’t help but be impressed.“With the speed and ability he has, [Fucito’s] always attacking...
...Douglas Wilder held a nine-point lead on the eve of Virginia's gubernatorial election, and won by less than one percentage point. That same year, David Dinkins' 18-point lead in New York City's mayoral race evaporated in the voting booths, though he still eked out a nail-biter over Rudy Giuliani...
...suddenly remembered that all those bodies I maneuvered past had feet, and all the female feet wore nail polish. No woman I saw in Mumbai was so poor that there wasn’t some disintegrating color on her toes, some trace of shimmer. Personal grooming, which had always struck me as a waste of time, took on a new character. Getting your nails done wasn’t selfish, it was a kind of neighborhood beautification. I was living in a city of 40 million filthy, scuffed, aching feet, but all across Mumbai women were getting pedicures?on Malabar...