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...sophomore five-seat Carrie Williams said. “We haven’t had a race that close yet. I mean, it was a great race—if my hands hadn’t been on that oar, I would have been biting my nails it was so good. Sitting next to an eight-oared screaming thrashing machine for six minutes—it was a nail-biter, and a little nerve racking...
...Pope embodied true leadership and moral courage. He called evil by its name and fought it tooth and nail. He was a symbol of democracy and the pro-life movement. The world is in debt to this great man. The Pope was the moral compass of our generation...
When Harvard coach Joe Walsh brought in his closer—third baseman Steffan Wilson—to nail down the win in the seventh inning, he called in freshman centerfielder Matt Vance to play third base...
...West 57th is quick paced and flashy, American Almanac is loping and folksy. As Host Roger Mudd says in the first episode, "We'd like this to be the sort of show you might hang on a nail by the kitchen door." Executive Producer Ed Fouhy sees his mandate as exploring the quotidian: how Americans worship, rear their families, spend their money, relax. "We will not try to dazzle anybody with our technical footwork," he says...
There is a bitter quality to some of his recollections of Lake Wobegon, only partly softened by humor. In his book he claims that an angry son returned to the town intending to nail 95 complaints about his repressive parents to the door of the Lutheran church. The 34th of these accusations is that the parents made it impossible for him to accept a compliment. It is Keillor talking, no question. Someone says, "Good speech," and he mumbles, "Oh, it was way too long. I didn't know what I was talking about. I was just blathering." Actually, he confesses...