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...compete with [Wake Forest],” Caples said confidently. “We probably need to raise it a notch or two, but we can compete with them...
...that looks and sounds so imperial? Normally, government officials work in secret on these strategy papers for months, producing documents so turgid that no one needs to read them. That's what might have happened here had Bush not intervened and asked his aides to kick it up a notch. And because Bush wants everyone to see the final document--"The boys in Lubbock ought to be able to read it," he advised an aide, the New York Times reported--he put the final line-by-line touches on his strategy at Camp David two weeks...
This consistent offensive attack alleviated the pressure on Zacarian and helped her notch her third shutout in five games...
Having already been dealt a yellow card earlier in the game, he was issued a second and a subsequent red card for his continued complaints, leaving Fairfield (0-2) a man up for the remainder of the game. The Crimson was still able to notch the game’s final score while playing with 10 men thanks in large part to the play of its upperclassmen...
...with you? Trailer Travel: A Visual History of Mobile America (Gibbs Smith; 157 pages), by Bryan Burkhart, Phil Noyes and Allison Arieff, is a celebration of the American fascination with mobile homes. Most of the photos here are promotional shots, but that simply cranks up the kitsch an extra notch: '50s-era nuclear children and busty, bouffant models--often in full evening wear--grin manically from the plush interiors of futuristic, tear-drop-shaped Kozy Coaches and Karriall Kampers, many of which look as if they were designed by Buck Rogers on acid. The authors admire their subject with very...