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...Everything seemed to be going wrong for Bush last week, even the metaphors. On the way to the Allen fund raiser, we stopped for a photo op at a picturesque farm stand outside Richmond. There was a pile of pumpkins sitting on a flatbed truck, and both Allen and Bush tried to hoist an aesthetically pleasing pumpkin by the stem. Both stems snapped. "If you break it, you pay for it, Mr. President," said Richard Keil of Bloomberg News, echoing Colin Powell's famous rule at the outset of the Iraq war. Bush didn't seem to get the joke...
...serious slump. She had just gotten divorced, her parents had recently died, and she was supporting her 14-year-old daughter alone. There was also this credit card bill. It wasn't much, maybe a few hundred bucks, but it fell into the non-priority pile and was soon forgotten. Not the smartest move on Brown's part, but you can imagine how it would happen...
...only allowed 50.2 yards per game, the best average in all of Division I-AA.The Crimson also ranks first among Division I-AA in sacks per game and tackles for loss, producing nearly six sacks and 9.4 tackles for loss per game thus far. It’s easy to pile up the numbers when individuals produce stellar performances—like sophomore linebacker Sonny McCracken’s display of defensive ruthlessness.After emerging as a starter during the season, McCracken made his presence known to Lafayette quarterback Brad Maurer. On three consecutive plays, McCracken broke through the line and recorded...
Tessa C. Petrich ’07 starts off FM’s fashionable competition by apologizing for her outfit: “I woke up at 7:30 today and had to be at work by 7:45. I just threw on a pile of clothing.” But this lover of fashion and executive producer of Eleganza won’t let a series of setbacks and disadvantages hamper her during the contest...
Petrich’s next stop is the Garment District, where she rummages through a sprawling pile of used clothing priced at $1.50 per pound. After considering and discarding a silver-lined aerobics bag, Petrich brings an office jacket and an oversized blouse to the register for $7.65. She treks back to her Cabot room to get started...