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Reed and his backcourt mate Eric Dobson pushed the tempo right from the outset. Dobson—who finished with 12 points and eight assists—regularly beat the Harvard defense down the court in fast-break situations...
...same time that Frist has been poaching in Democratic territory, he has been careful to protect his flank with the G.O.P.'s hard-liners, who were worried at the outset that he was a closet moderate. Late last spring conservative and evangelical groups bluntly warned Frist that their activists would sit out next year's elections if they didn't see him cracking down on Democratic filibusters of conservative judges. "He got the message," says Free Congress Foundation chairman Paul Weyrich. Earlier this month Frist staged a 39-hour talkathon on the Senate floor to harangue the Democrats...
...same time that Frist has been poaching in Democratic territory, he has been careful to protect his flank with the G.O.P's hard-liners, who were worried at the outset that he was a closet moderate. Late last spring conservative and evangelical groups bluntly warned Frist that their activists would sit out next year's elections if they didn't see him cracking down on Democratic filibusters of conservative judges. "He got the message," says Free Congress Foundation chairman Paul Weyrich. Earlier this month Frist staged a 39-hour talkathon on the Senate floor to harangue the Democrats...
...fact that Maggie's skill with folk medicine analogizes her father's magical skills hints from the outset that she's more his daughter than she cares to acknowledge. But their journey to a guessable, fateful ending turns out to be richer, more surprising than we might imagine. This is one of those genre pieces that take more interesting chances than they want to (openly) admit. --By Richard Schickel
...Crimson thoroughly dominated Brown (0-1, 0-1 Ivy) from the outset, with Harvard’s ‘A’ relay—comprised of junior Alli Bates, tricaptain Erica De Benedetto, freshman LeeAnn Chang and junior Molly Ward—capturing the opening 200-yard medley relay before the Crimson swept the top-three spots in the 1000-yard freestyle event...