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...even more confidence.” Both receivers played huge roles throughout the game, with Lorditch averaging almost 10 yards per catch and Iannuzzi with a formidable 15.8 yards per grab. But these guys were not just good for long passes; Pizzotti hit them time after time for short-yardage passes that would either be good for first downs or turn into huge momentum plays for the Crimson. Although the first three quarters proved to be less than fruitful for the offense, which had to settle for just two field goals, Harvard demonstrated why it is the reigning Ivy League...
Light started off the discussion by likening his view of a solution to the actions of an emergency-room doctor trying to treat an automobile accident victim, accentuating the need for short-term stability (stopping the “bleeding”), an intermediate fix (doing something “surgical”), and longer-term “rehab and recovery...
...because I had just witnessed yet another episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” a show that defies any preconceived notion I once had about what makes enjoyable television.For those unfamiliar with the ABC Family phenomenon, here’s a short summary: high school freshman Amy Juergens becomes pregnant after a band camp fling with playboy drummer Ricky Underwood and has to deal with embarrassment at school, problems with friends and family, and a relationship with her new boyfriend Ben Boykewich. On top of all that, her dad and mom (played...
...Obama has said little about how he would tackle that fundamental issue as President. Indeed, his short-term proposals - a second round of stimulus checks, for example, and some of his refundable tax credits for working families - could have the opposite effect, spurring more consumer spending. That might make voters happy and briefly goose the economy, but it won't persuade America to stop living beyond its means...
...Courage to Cut? McCain strode to the microphones a short time later in Freeland, Mich., a little town near the spot where the thumb of the Michigan mitten meets the palm. The state's economy is the weakest in the country, and McCain was there to visit one of the few bright spots, a Dow Corning plant devoted to solar-power technology...