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...sure why the neighborhood kids bothered to learn to climb the fence, since our parents, as local residents, had keys to Gramercy Park. Maybe it was our way of pretending to be like other kids in less protected neighborhoods of New York, an unconscious gesture of expiation for the sin of growing up in so privileged a place...
With another Eagle in the sin bin six minutes later, the Crimson tallied again. Landry completed her hat frick after two complete passes from linemates Hurley and Carroll set her up perfectly. The tally gave the junior six on the year to lead the team...
...better writer than Stalin-as he is, of course? To say "X is a gifted writer, but he is a political enemy and I shall do my best to silence him" is harmless enough. Even if you end by silencing him with a tommy-gun you are not really sinning against the intellect. The deadly sin is to say "X is a political enemy: therefore he is a bad writer...
...been about even, with Harvard easily Filling a tripping penalty to right-wing Gary Martin 1:22 into the time. The Crimson's second penalty proved more costly, though Dartmouth's first goal wasn't technically off the power play. Bob Starbuck took a two-minute trip to the sin bin for hooking at 5:11 and last four seconds after Starbuck sped out of the box. Mark Lamoureux drilled a 10 ft pass to center Tom Norton, who slipped the puck behind Blair from a perch 12 feet from the left post...
Specialties that deserve an honorable place on the American table include kulebyaka, the glorious salmon pie described by Chekhov as "shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin"; pirozhki, the more plebeian meat or vegetable pies; kidney and dill pickle soup; Azerbaidzhan lamb patties; veal stew with cherries; Ukrainian honey cake; smetannik, a rich pie of sour cream, jam and nuts; and the celebrated Guriev kasha, a thickened compote of brandied fruits. To round out a Russian banquet, Goldstein provides instructions for a dozen deliciously flavored vodkas, and with them a toast to the meal: Eshte, eshte na zdorovye...