Word: sectional
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...in—as they frequently do—it is because they deserve to do so. Everyone praises Harvard “for the students.” But what makes Harvard’s students so great is that they are in many ways a cross-section of the larger world. They are normal people who happen to be excellent, and this sets them apart. People who go to Yale go because they want to attend Yale. People who go to Harvard go because they...
...banners in stadiums. An in-depth report on the ills of the Italian game also included a visit in southern Rome to Lazio fan headquarters, adorned with Fascist-era Celtic crosses and photographs of Benito Mussolini. When I arrived with an AP photographer, a leader of the "Irrudicibile" rooting section refused to talk to me, made the photographer turn over his film, and accused my bearded colleague of "looking like a leftist" as he ordered us out the front door...
...first half: Forgot to mention: An early basket by Stanford big man Taj Finger elicited cries of "You got Fingered!" from the student section...
Starting lineups: Big hand for local kid Jeremy Lin, starting at guard tonight. The rest of the starting five will be Housman, Pusar, Harris, and Magnarelli. For Stanford, the student section is announced...
...stages of his life in terms of the “manners” he learned. Furthermore, the chapters rarely discuss Watson’s manners. Instead, Watson merely recounts his memories and then, at the end of each chapter, adds a “Lessons Learned” section with “lessons” that rarely have anything to do with manners. A man capable of so many controversial, offensive utterances is, to say the least, an unlikely candidate for claiming he has learned and can teach manners, a la Emily Post...