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There was a lot of trepidation. Ramadi's civilian crowds, who remained out of sight to both the media and the VIPs, were held back for several city blocks from the actual perimeter of the parade for fear of a bomb or other attack. No explosions occurred, but without crowds, the entire event seemed merely a dress rehearsal staged for the benefit of the dignitaries and press, a marching band playing to empty streets. Military officials joked nervously about the possibility of venturing out of the secured area around Government Center to get a sense of the general turnout. American...
...king who is punished by the god Demeter for cutting down a sacred tree. Demeter sics an excitingly creepy Hunger (Sara L. Wright ’09) on the king. As Wright quite literally clings to Greaves, his character descends into a starvation-induced madness, eating everything in sight and selling his mother into slavery when the money runs out. Erysichthon doesn’t think it’s so funny, of course, especially not the part where he eats his own foot...
...tough,” she said. “She’s going to rest it up and work on it this week.”The Crimson rallied in the third game, keeping pace with the Quakers and tying the score six times.Victory appeared to be in sight when a Penn error allowed the Crimson to gain a 28-25 advantage, but the Quakers fought back to take a 29-28 lead.A final Harvard error handed the game to the visitors.“We had some key errors at key points,” Mahon said...
...girl stands beside her father, gazing out over the water as the setting sun burns orange into the soft waves. There’s a sensory overload—the whoosh of oars slicing the smooth surface of the river combines with the smell of hot dog vendors, the sight of families stretched out on picnic blankets, and the faint buzz of cars rolling by on Memorial Drive. Little does the girl, standing at water’s edge with her father on that October afternoon, know that in a few years she will be captain of a team that...
...Crimson’s strong seasons in 2006 and 2007, Cornell bested Harvard twice when it counted most. And in ancient rowing tradition, race winners take home the losing crews’ T-shirts along with their gold medals.Watching Cornell put on the Crimson colors is an unpleasant sight for any Harvard oarsmen—but especially for Mulcahy, who returned home to see the Cornell crew sporting his shirt during practice in Ithaca.“I spent a lot of time in the summer out in a single on the inlet, and since we start later, Cornell...