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...afternoon, Harvard tried to overcome a 7-1 deficit in the seventh inning. With one out in the frame, Pledger drove a double down the right-field line. Francis was next at the plate for Harvard, and the Bulldogs left fielder misplayed the ball, which allowed Francis to reach base safely and for freshman Jane Alexander, pinch-running for Pledger, to score. Francis also came around to score on another error by the left fielder. The Crimson then loaded the bases—with still just one out—and Shaw was hit by a pitch to force...
...life that flashed before my eyes, but all the descriptions of wounds I'd heard from the buddies of injured soldiers. Faces blown off, shattered shoulders and mangled limbs - all the points exposed by the limits of Kevlar. What is more insane than running 200 meters through gunfire to reach the safety? But we did. I felt like Bruce Willis in Die Hard, somehow dancing between the bullets that showered from below and behind. The Taliban can shoot, but they can't aim. We were lucky. All of us were...
...Bishop. “She won’t shy away from a fight.”Murray says she was drawn to Harvard in part with the aim of furthering the SEAS charge to provide its students with an interdisciplinary education, but adds she hopes to expand its reach to ensure all Harvard students graduate with a knowledge of science.“By and large, people who come through Harvard end up being world leaders,” says Murray. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if they understood technology?” RISING...
...reinterpret the monologues,” Ayers adds. “We even tried to say a certain word with different inflections, and even those slight changes made a huge change.”The main objective of “The Exonerated” is to reach beyond the confines of fictional drama and tell more than just a story. The work strives to provoke critical thought about the death penalty and its ramifications, issues that are pertinent to present-day U.S., one of the several western countries still using capital punishment as a form of retributive justice...
...that just five years ago. Rising to the fourth position was the Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, the only Muslim-oriented party to make a strong showing, however slight - the party took 7.7% compared to 7.3% in 2004. Two smaller Muslim parties in the current parliament failed to even reach the threshold of 2.5% of the national vote. "Clearly, the people are not looking for parties based on religion," suggests Masdar Hilmy, a lecturer at the State Islamic University in Surabaya. "What they want is a party and candidate who listens to their concerns and has proven that they...