Word: punching
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...what happens if in the end, a college can't book a full flight? Glotzbach says the possibility is remote, but Michael Casey, Skidmore's vice president for advancement, estimates that because 80% of the school's funding comes from tuition, any single student's absence could punch a $25,000 to $30,000 hole in the operating budget. And it's possible that the sophomore, junior and senior classes could shrink as well. Shorb has already received about 60 new financial-assistance requests from currently enrolled students, five times as many as in a typical year...
...problem is that Fortress follows that haymaker with another and another, until you realize Maria is adept at just one kind of punch. A few of these two-to-three-minute wraths ("Louie" and "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked") are tuneful enough to stick with you, but they don't do much emotionally, and they all end up feeling numbingly similar, like fury masquerading as fun. As the album chugs on, it becomes clear that Maria hasn't quite figured out what she'd like to say to the world--"I know I'm always...
...mere five meters out. Harvard’s offense ignited in the second half. The Crimson outscored Sonoma State 4-0 in the third quarter and 5-1 overall in the second half of the game. “The team just took [Sonoma State’s] punch from the first half,” Farrar said. “Then [the girls] dug in and went right back at them.” Five different players tallied points for the Crimson on Sunday. Freshmen Monica Zdrojewski and Shannon Purcell recorded two goals apiece. Junior Kristina Bergquist and freshman...
...butterfly. Bill’s times of 47.29 and 1:45.12 stand as the top marks in school history, while Dan owns the sixth best effort in both races.With strong improvements early in their careers, the brothers appeared destined to bring a one-two punch to the pool for the Crimson. But an unforeseeable chronic injury began to create distance in their athletic results. With Bill notching nationals-caliber times, Dan found himself relegated to decreasingly strenuous workouts.“I essentially couldn’t train hard the entire [senior] season,” Dan says...
...legal avenue available to block" $165 million in bonuses that were awarded last week to the very same traders at AIG's financial-products division who made the bad bets in the first place. This was a politically necessary thing for Obama to say, even if it lacked a punch...