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...back. We had a carpet to fall on and a slew of problem sets, papers, and readings to distract ourselves from. I was on the bottom tier, trembling and giggling alternately as each roommate added herself to the structure. After quite a bit of debate, shrieks, and near-arm-collapses, our pyramid existed for just a few moments. Then we dissolved into a jumble of limbs and exclamations that, I imagine, made the boys in the room below us cast a bewildered glance at the ceiling...
...bill sponsor and to provide top-down leadership after ample discussion of an issue has occurred. She has been through this process before, and is now in a position to see that it functions effectively. If she fails to do so, we will see no significant progress in the near future. Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 is a philosophy concentrator in Mather House. He is the president of the Undergraduate Council...
...moments that he can be most affecting. When he made a rare unscheduled stop at an ice cream parlor in Charleston, W.Va., Biden encountered the owner's daughter, a 28-year-old woman who told him she had suffered a brain aneurysm last December similar to the one that nearly killed Biden in 1988. The Senator threw an arm around Sara Beal's neck, pulled her to him and whispered in her ear. By the time he let her go about five minutes later, planting a kiss on top of her head, both of them were near tears...
...presidential elections, it now has a million more registered Democrats than Republicans, and Obama can depend on strong support in its two biggest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Polls show the Democratic nominee with a commanding lead of anywhere from 7 to 14 points in the state, up from a near tie in mid-September...
...Pukanic, 47, and his colleague were killed just after 6 p.m. by an explosive device placed near Pukanic's Lexus. The police immediately blocked off the city center and called in helicopters, but by Monday, no arrests had yet been made. A police spokesman described the murder as a "professional...