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...rise to the challenge—Dunster’s brain break was equally on point, and even one-upped Mather with the addition of cream pie and chocolate cake. We won’t count the lack of cream pie against Mather, but the cream pie did prove to be the tie-breaker between Dunster and Mather...
...Brain Break is guarded as if it were a U.N. aid van in a disaster zone rather than a source for food in a college dorm. At 9:58 p.m. EST, six hungry Adams residents lined up in front of a uniformed guard. And unless you can prove your Adams residency with a recently postmarked letter or a parking ticket (okay, we're kidding about the letters, but proof of residency in Adams is sometimes actually required), don’t expect the guard to budge, and don’t expect to be able to access those...
Meanwhile, the Big Green’s defensive style could prove to be advantage for the Crimson if it is able to control possession enough...
Protestors demanded that Harvard “open their books” to prove that they cannot create more union jobs, despite difficult financial times...
Obama's health care reform will undoubtedly prove inadequate to the demands of a globalized, warp-speed economy and an aging population. It will have to be modified, and modified again - and one hopes the Republicans, with their natural instinct for efficiency, will participate in that process. But, however flawed, the health care bill is a sign that major, concerted public reforms are once again possible, and that the difficult work of transforming America to compete successfully in a new world of challenges can now begin...