Word: retreater
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Last season, the Harvard men's basketball team tried to move its program forward, going 15-11 after five single-digit win seasons in a row. This season, the Crimson apparently intends not to retreat from that...
...dire straits but teenagers who have changed their minds. You don't have to be persuaded that the difference between what Amy and Brian did and a third-trimester abortion is only time (a couple of weeks) and place (a $56-a-night motel rather than a clinic) to retreat to a dark corner of your conscience and fathom what is right...
...walk up Bow St. now reveals a pleasing, if synthetic, sight. In the midst of our retreat from the forces of nature, it is heartening to see that City Hall, for one, hasn't been so affected by the cold. We hope that the trees will survive through the winter, which promises to be brutal to judge from the current undertow of chill. They are a pleasant addition to the newly-paved street...
There is a world of truth in the words "harder to manage." How often have we found it easier to retreat into our books, our problem sets and our future plans than to deal with the demands of our parents, our roommates or our special someones. How often have we said, "I'd love to go out with you tonight. It's just that I have this paper...
...noticed the unattended knapsack containing the bomb. Then, just as suddenly, he was identified as the prime suspect and was relentlessly pursued by both the FBI and the press. So it was an emotional Jewell who held a press conference last Monday to celebrate the FBI's retreat. "For 88 days," he said, "I lived a nightmare." In tears, he thanked his mother and remembered his colleagues who were hurt. "I thank God that [the nightmare] is now ended," he said, "and that you know now what I have known all along. I am an innocent...