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Down two games in the match and 18-9 in the third game, the Crimson was in danger of being swept for the second time in four days. However, the resolve of junior middle blocker Alex Kowell and the collective will of the beleaguered team shone through the adversity...
...Marie," 1929. The dawn broke for this genial lilter with a waltz-time hit (#2) by Rudy Vallee. Then the moon in all its splendor shone on Berlin in 1937, when a Tommy Dorsey version, in swingin' 4/4 time, reached #1. It was also a #13 charter for the Four Tunes in 1953 and a #15 for the Bachelors in 1965 - 36 years after its first appearance...
...slowly becomes more common for young women to shun circumcision, the heavy stigma of being "uncut" is fading. Ivorian Banassiri Sylla, 34, recalls the day 26 years ago when she was to be circumcised. "I remember the blade. How it shone! There was a woman kneeling over me with the knife. I bit her; it was all I could do. Then three women came to hold me down. One of them sat on my chest. I bit her with all my might." The women finally let Sylla go, but her uncut status was a mark of shame for her family...
Despite the lopsided final score, Harvard’s true talent shone through for the Eagles coach...
Looking left, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center shone in the morning sun as jeweled scepters of New York City. The towers represented achievement, success and prosperity as they rose high into the city...