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...constant presence. The contributions of sophomore Lindsey Kowal and freshman Taryn Kurcz, who got the start along with backline mainstays Nichols and junior Katie Kuzma, who is also a Crimson sports editor, helped prevent the Wildcats from making much headway onto the Crimson’s side of the pitch during the initial 45 minutes.Of the six first-period shots Harvard allowed, none presented serious threats.“The best defense for us, especially in this game, was trying to stay relentless, not letting down offensively,” Nichols said. “I don?...
Though Gogan does much to ensure that the University is sustainable on a macro level, others pitch in to keep the day-to-day operations in order...
...voice, once likened to a "laser beam that can knife through an orchestra," had its technical shortcomings. But her talent as an actress more than made up for her sometimes ragged pitch. "I sing the beautiful parts as beautifully as I can, and if the character is screaming, I make it ugly," she said of portraying Richard Wagner's warrior-goddess Brnnhilde, one of her most memorable roles...
...idea across. Although you may never have need to speak in public during your college years, a multitude of careers require just that: Lawyers interrogate witnesses, public-school teachers explain their lessons, doctors present at conferences, CEOs lead board meetings, researchers convey their findings, academics give lectures, screenwriters pitch their scripts. The list is endless. True, Harvard does not pretend to provide a pre-professional education—we’re not MIT, after all. But learning to speak fluently in public isn’t like studying accounting or journalism. It’s a skill, but it?...
Black and Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur are Moore's star witnesses; he gets Kaptur to agree, without too much prodding, that the events of the past 12 months amount to "a financial coup d'etat." The rhetorical pitch keeps rising until, toward the end, Moore suggests a solution: not from the government down but from the grass roots up, through community groups (like LIFFT in Miami), united workers (like those at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago) and the common decency of elected officials (like the Wayne County, Mich., sheriff who decided to stop foreclosures on his neighbors' homes...