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Students appreciate the program especially because it gives them a chance to sharpen practical legal skills that often go undeveloped in the classroom, Harry Le Fox, one of the project's student directors, said...
...closeness between teammates was further encouraged by a 10 day trip to England, where the racquetmen learned to sharpen their skills in seven matches on larger courts, with a soft ball that moved relatively slowly. From the trip, Harvard, a team known for its ability to make trick shots like reverse corners and nicks, learned to perfect its drive shots as well, rounding out its competitive game...
...cuts into" a swimming lump" an unborn fawn. The boatman in "A Room Forever" knows that he is physically hurting the young girl, "a kid playing whose, "who offers herself to him, but takes her just the same. Brutality isn't used for cheap thrills, though, but rather to sharpen the reader's awareness that injury and cruelly are facts of life. The moments show more clearly how the characters bear pain and the problems of conscience that come from causing...
...this politicking seems wearyingly premature, like Christmas decorations in July. It is no consolation that both Jimmy Carter and George McGovern officially began their long-shot bids even earlier. Candidates used to attract little press attention at this point in the campaign and thus could test themes and sharpen positions with slight risk of committing a fatal gaffe. This time around, however, they are already in the hot glare of television cameras. That kind of exposure encourages rhetorical posturing and, over the long haul, may discourage voter interest...
...philosophical issue in registration. Traditionally, for those who object to military service on such grounds, registration has been the first step to Selective Service classification as a conscientious objector. For those who failed to register because of a genuine commitment of conscience, this latest federal measure should serve to sharpen the moral issue of conscription--after all, an integral part of civil disobedience is acknowledgement of a violation of the law, and free acceptance of punishment for that violation...