Word: reasonings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...running back Damon Jones combined for 71 yards on 12 plays. It took three plays at the goal line to get the pigskin into the end zone. But when Linden was pushed across the line of scrimmage by two Harvard linemen, 10,000 men and women of Harvard had reason to stand and scream...
...other main reason individuals give for entering the private sector over the public sector is a matter of convenience. It is so easy, my friends tell me, to get a consulting-type job. It's the money, the prestige, New York. If someone walked up to you and handed you a $50,000 plus annual salary not counting bonuses, wouldn't you take that...
However, according to Schaller, "any student who for whatever reason has a concern, be it moral, ethical or religious concern about an academic program, is encouraged to talk to an advisor." Though each student's objections are considered on a case-by-case basis, students who have "concerns" can technically opt out of any course. Schaller had no information as to whether other students opt out of procedures other than abortions...
Unfortunately, the patches of annoying or simply bad writing mar the novel considerably. For example, Ray continually has "conversations" with inanimate objects, ghosts (such as Billy's) and animals. These are included, in some cases, for no discernible reason, such as this "exchange" with Jean's stuffed animal, the poodle Bojo: "'Scared, Bojo?' I ask him. `No,' he answers, staring straight forward." The author also leaves the reader in unnecessary suspense about what happened during the crucial "perfect summer, awful summer," includes characters with dubious importance to the plot and tells the reader too much about them. This...
...decide she's been through enough. She is also not required to appear in person. There is one similarity with the former football star's second ordeal; the media will be kept in check this time. "I see no basis for an attorney appearing on television for any reason in this case," Judge Young said as he banned cameras from his courtroom. "This case is not going to be tried in the press." But as anyone who read the Boston Herald and Globe during the first Woodward trial knows, that may be a vain hope...