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NEWMAN: It was fun. I play a little boogie-woogie, but Tom doesn't play any piano at all, so he had to learn from scratch. We worked at it together. We rehearsed on one of those little electric keyboards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Two For The Road | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

...After the Georgetown race, we took a look at ourselves and realized that we’re not getting nearly enough boat speed after all the work we put in,” Finelli said. “We did a lot of seat racing and started from scratch. We got some new guys in the boat and set a new lineup...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Injury-Riddled M. Lightweights Can’t Defend National Title | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...several terms the College sat dark and shuttered, before the election of the first president, Henry Dunster, who rebuilt the school from scratch...

Author: By Nicole B. Usher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reinventing the Wheel | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...system, a formal complaint would be filed, written statements from both parties taken, an investigation conducted, and if the evidence came down to one student’s word against another’s, without any other evidence, the Ad Board would likely call the case a scratch. This new policy requires that the Ad Board think about the probability of obtaining corroborating evidence before proceeding past the initial written statements...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, JOYCE K. MCINTYRE | Title: Ad Board Change Right On | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...example, last year under the old system, seven cases of sexual assault were brought before the Ad Board, four went unresolved because of a lack of evidence. Sure, the Ad Board heard these cases, but what kind of justice does a scratch case provide for the victim...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, JOYCE K. MCINTYRE | Title: Ad Board Change Right On | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

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