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When you first meet sophomore Marcus Way, you can’t help but notice his calm and quiet demeanor, but when he steps up to the plate, he’s anything but silent with the bat. Way can hang with the best of them when it comes to knocking the hide off the ball and sending it over the fence...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making His Way Into The Lineup | 4/16/2010 | See Source »

...zombies then crept into the courtyard… and they were hungry. All was quiet. Suddenly, a bloodcurdling yell rang throughout the battlefield, and the ravenous masses charged toward the humans’ fortification. The epic showdown had finally begun...

Author: By Stephanie E. Herwatt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humans Prevail in Kirkland Humans vs. Zombies Game | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...both our dinner and our first week in Bogotá, despite my mother’s prediction that I wouldn’t make it past the airport without Pablo Escobar kidnapping me and demanding a ransom that she assured me she would not pay. So far, all seemed quiet on the kidnapping front. The rabbi, at least, seemed relieved...

Author: By Peter W. Tilton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One Night in Bogotá... | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...joined the Army because it was an outdoor thing. You know, jump out of helicopters, crawl in the mud, sit around the campfire. But being a captain is the limit for that sort of stuff. Anything above this is a desk job." He is 29 years old, with quiet blue eyes and a garrulous informality that is explosive, intense and distinctly American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: A Tale of Soldiers and a School | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...Sodano made a public appearance on Easter in St. Peter's Square to speak out explicitly about Benedict's difficulties: "Holy Father, on your side are the people of God, who do not let themselves be influenced by the petty gossip of the moment." Maybe he should have kept quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid the Abuse Scandal, Benedict's No. 2 Draws Fire | 4/14/2010 | See Source »

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