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...Hockey Hair Don’t worry; we all know you’re an athlete. Your why-yes-I-did-just-pull-off-my-helmet hair leaves no room for doubt. You’re too busy for anything but pregaming and practice, and your style—and grades—show it. But while you might think you look like you just don’t care, we’ve all caught you checking yourself out in the Science Center mirrors. The Angry Feminist You’re smart and friendly—at least until...
...didn’t matter if you were a freshman or a senior.” A series of penalties in the third period resulted in each team enjoying well over a minute of 5-on-3 play, but neither was able to capitalize. Harvard managed to pull away in the game’s final minutes, picking up scores from sophomore forward Doug Rogers and senior forward Dave Watters to make it a 6-3 final. “We’ve got a lot to work on in all areas,” Taylor said...
...strength comes from adversity. But clichs are often just hard truths tamed by familiarity. Maybe he triumphed in spite of his ordeals, not because of them. There is no control group, he observes, that lets you measure what you missed. In raising his own daughter, he felt the pull to protect her, even as he wondered at the cost. "Maybe a few hard knocks ..." but his voice trails off. He didn't want to experiment...
Only a handful of monks escape the junta's dragnet to join that day's demonstration near the Sule Pagoda. But there are thousands of protesters when I arrive. More military trucks pull up at the intersection, and the troops inside noisily cock their rifles. The crowd tenses as one. Seconds later, there are more smoke bombs, and we are running for our lives...
...Sinuiju. Commerce between the two nations is limited to a trickle of trucks on the bridge's single lane. At night, the contrast is vividly instructive: Dandong's bustling waterfront turns into a riot of neon, while Sinuiju is pitched into nearly total blackness. How will North Korea ever pull itself out of the dark ages if it can't even keep the lights...