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...came in when the OFSA was virtually a brand new office. She basically started from scratch and helped make the Greek system here what it is—one of the strongest and the second largest Greek system in the country,” said Ashley L. Higgins, a Cornell senior and president of the school’s Panhellenic Association. “Suzy helped envision a new structure on how to help the [Greek] community relate better to themselves as well as to the university...
...faces have come to power, but the face of power has not changed." But a top Tymoshenko aide, Vitaly Chepinoga, told Time that Yushchenko "does not have any solutions to offer," and that to rescue the orange revolution, "Tymoshenko is determined to start it all over again from scratch." That means launching a broad people's movement and winning the March parliamentary elections. At least the orange revolution has made it likely this fight will take place at the polls, not in the streets...
...into a reverse-gender business--especially a bit later in life--it is almost essential that you at least have some background in a related field to get funding and be taken seriously by clients, suppliers and peers. That is especially true if you are starting a business from scratch, as opposed to buying into a franchise, as Cole did. Role-reversing boomers need to utilize all the contacts they have made over the years to help attract customers. They may find more acceptance than they would in a corporate setting, but they will still have to work harder than...
Sure, they couldn't hit. So what? They could hit just enough to scratch and claw and steal a run to win. Literally, a run. At one point, in games decided by one run, they won 12 straight. And then it came. A complete July collapse, followed by an August swoon, a zombie death march. Thirteen straight one-run losses...
...watch it for its beauty and elegance. That makes sense. But to care and cheer and stomp for other grown men to win? That's bizarre. These brutes throw chairs at fans. They take steroids and pretend it mysteriously got into their cereal. They curse and spit and scratch their groins and then whack the cameraman who chronicles their every move for the worshipful masses. And make 5 million bucks...