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...ourselves motivated and refocused when we’re not playing up to par in the first half,” freshman forward Katie Rollins said. “We came out really strong in the second half and, this weekend especially, we played with a lot of pride.” Cornell nailed five first-half three pointers, including two in 16 seconds to push a three-point lead to nine with 8:27 to play. A slew of uncharacteristic turnovers and cold shooting sent Harvard to an early disadvantage. After a seesaw battle in the opening minutes...
...campus—members of final clubs.Many people consider members of final clubs to be fully honest in their matching ties and manly cavorting. This is not the case in the least. In fact, the males of final clubs are such adept practitioners of irony that even people who pride themselves on their so-called “ironic” senses of humor cannot catch them in the act I realized this during this autumn’s “punch” process. Politely, I would ask my final club-pursuing friends how the whole thing...
...nonproliferation treaties. Congress would have to amend two laws including a 52-year-old statute that prohibits sales of nuclear supplies to countries that do not agree to international standards. Singh must do a comparable sales job in India, where the nuclear program is a source of great national pride and any international inspection is regarded with wariness...
There is something beautiful about plots in trashy romances that zigzag, but come together perfectly in the end. For instance: who would have guessed that Darcy was related to Lady Catherine—I’m just kidding! “Pride and Prejudice” isn’t a trashy romance, no matter how soap operatic it gets in the middle...
Today, there are no rainbow flags flying outside City Hall and no gay pride posters hanging on the walls of the Mayor’s office inside. Instead, the room is adorned with an assortment of paintings and a cluttered desk in the corner...