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...hockey team last skated off the ice in Burlington on Feb. 26, Crimson captain Noah Welch had acquired a slight limp in his left leg, sophomore Kevin Du had recovered his strength only with the help of an IV, and their teammates who weren’t injured or sick with the flu were fatigued after playing 10 games in 25 nights...
...There were a couple key possessions where we didn’t make free throws, a couple possessions where calls didn’t go our way,” said Harvard assistant coach Bill Holden, who filled in for a sick Frank Sullivan. “They are a veteran, experienced team, they have done this before and that showed tonight...
ALOFT XBy Chang-Rae Lee It's like an optical illusion. Look at Jerry Battle one way, and he's got it made: retired, pile of money, kids grown, nice house. Tilt the picture just slightly, and it tells another story: his daughter is sick, he's haunted by memories of his dead wife, and his son is screwing up the landscaping business Jerry spent his life building. Of course, Jerry likes the picture the first way, but that second picture keeps looming. The quintessential novel of suburban blight, Aloft is as perfect and manicured as a Long Island...
...That’s] another side of Larry that people rarely see,” he says. “I was sick five years ago with the same thing that Larry had had many years before, and he was terrific. He called me up and came by to visit and said immediately what the doctors were going to do. Here’s what to listen to, [he said,] and here’s what to ignore. It was very straightforward, and he was right...
...With no sick leave, superannuation or any other benefits of permanent work, casual employees, Wynhausen discovers, live in a state of grinding uncertainty. When taken on at a large retail store, she's told her hours could be anywhere "from nought to 38 a week" - and she might only find out at the start of the week. A three-hour shift might be 10 days away - even if rent day isn't. In this world, unions seem largely absent or ineffectual: when Wynhausen and her co-workers are paid the wrong rates, or expected to work overtime without pay, there...