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...doesn’t want to stop writing. “If intellectuals like ourselves don’t step up to the plate, and try to think it through and have some influence,” she says, “I don’t understand who’s going to do that...
Dell’Aria finished 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and two runs and freshman third baseman Virginia Fritsch went 1-for-3 with an RBI double and two runs scored...
...bottom of the frame with Harvard runners on first and third and no one out, Gordon strode to the plate and delivered a single up the middle to score freshman outfielder Susie Winkeller with the game-winning...
...Fare,” March 11), the thought occurred to me: Harvard students need to shut the crap up and stop whining. Seriously. Sure, it’s a tough life walking down a line full of hot food, eating at your leisure amongst friends and then leaving your plate to be cleaned up after you. Is that seven-minute walk to Mather or Annenberg for lunch just killing you? Is the lettuce too soggy at dinner? Are 10 cereal choices just not enough for you anymore? Shut the crap...
...major leaguer, Ruth's Yankee teammate Lou Gehrig, hit more than 30. Indeed, the Babe connected more times that year than 11 of the 15 other teams. (And what illegal substance was he on? Prohibition-era booze.) Bonds could be playing at that level. When he walks to the plate, he's not really facing the pitcher on the mound; he's facing down the legends of the game. That quest is motivation enough for him to pamper and punish his body legally. Or perhaps illegally...