Word: provenance
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...shots in the net, helping Harvard make a stand against Penn in the beginning of the contest. “[Clark] came up with some big saves in the beginning of the game that really helped us stay in the game,” Flynn said. The Quakers have proven themselves worthy of the No. 3 ranking this season. The team has dominated on both offense and defense, averaging 11.62 goals per game and only allowing 4.50 goals per game. The Crimson’s all-time series with Penn now stands at 18-18, with the Quakers taking...
...Apart from the proven power of the tobacco lobby, perhaps lawmakers fear the unintended consequences of stronger action: The intensely addictive quality of smoking certainly means that a black market would thrive in the face of an outright ban. Homegrown tobacco wrapped in E-Z Widers would surely be passed around behind the bleachers...
...saying that resumes with experience in sales went to the top of his hire list. eHarmony, founded by psychologist and marriage counselor Neil Clark Warren, distinguishes itself from other dating websites by its research-based 250-word questionnaire that matches people on 29 dimensions of personality. The service has proven immensely popular, and is responsible for two percent of all new marriages in the United States, according to the website. “Though the economy is so tough right now, it’s such an exciting time to be coming out of school,” he said...
...Down” and “Nothing to Worry About,” this album isn’t particularly interesting or memorable. Certainly, making a boring album is not the worst sin a band can commit, but Peter Bjorn & John have proven themselves capable of producing more exciting music than this. In “The Feeling,” Peter Morén sings, “Been waiting for signs / Last time we got high we thought we had the puzzle worked out.” Maybe they should be doing some more stoned brainstorming...
...often in unpredictable ways. A group of researchers in Austria, however, has recently taken this truism to trial—clinical trial, that is—and has begun to market what might be the most promising music therapy system to date, SANOSON.The concept of music as clinically-proven therapy is not as foreign as it might have once been. The fortune cookie wisdom of my grade school years, for instance, dictated that children weaned on classical music would grow up smarter. Playing an Antonio Vivaldi or Antonin Dvorák cassette tape while studying one’s times...