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Thoke (3-8), who started the game for Harvard, was particularly effective at recording outs when she needed them. In her five-inning effort, she exhibited pinpoint control, not walking a single batter...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Softball Sweeps Holy Cross | 4/5/2000 | See Source »

...McCain. Their campaign managers, however, are unlikely to allow that sort of idle reflection - the presumptive presidential nominees face a long and trying road to the November elections, and while the urge to take a long nap must be overwhelming, this is the time to take stock and, hopefully, pinpoint a winning strategy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Al Gore and George W. Bush Have to Do Now | 3/8/2000 | See Source »

Faced with the end of an exhilarating Republican skirmish, the pundits speculated endlessly through the night, trying to pinpoint the moment at which John McCain's upstart campaign derailed. Some pointed to his loss in a bitter South Carolina contest; others blamed his lackluster showing in Washington State for slowing his momentum. But while the geographical epicenter of McCain's defeat will remain a matter of spirited debate, there is little doubt as to his demographic downfall. Core Republicans, along with self-identified Christian conservatives, voted for Governor Bush in droves, apparently punishing McCain for his spirited denunciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOP Faithful Carry Bush to Easy Victory | 3/7/2000 | See Source »

...worried that we can't pinpoint this beginning: the first labeling, the first frown, the first parody. The snowballing effect of reputation has a tremendous power to shape future endeavor. It is the power of junior high school popularity contests and the subtle consensus of entire disciplines, the power of suggestion and the slow crafting of taste. It remains to be seen whether it is possible to separate out the crucible where opinion is formed, to shape the sways of reputation, to find the voice speaking...

Author: By Maryanthe E. Malliaris, | Title: Tyranny of the Minority | 2/8/2000 | See Source »

...thing about movies that are controlled by the director, or the director and the writer if they're not one and the same. Whereas documentaries are unrehearsed, they're spontaneous, they're out of control. Yes. But I think that dividing line often shifts and is hard to pinpoint...

Author: By Dan L. Wagner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Executioner's Song: Portrait of the Artist | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

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