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...million) and an artless indie vibe. But just as J.K. Rowling cannily fed tween readers' innocent lust for adventure, so Meyer smites their slightly older sisters with the adventure of innocent lust. And when the teen witches and wizards of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the series, vacated the prime slot of the weekend before Thanksgiving for a July 2009 opening, the vampires of Twilight moved in. It sounds like kismet, Hollywood-style. (See 90 years of vampires onscreen...
...play in the snow during recess if we brought snowpants from home. It was a landslide victory. The next year I entered the big leagues—middle school—and therefore much tougher competition, but my political star continued to ascend. I captured the presidency of the sixth grade class and then the seventh grade class and finally I took the highest post in the National Junior Honor Society. I was on top of the world. I had already achieved so many firsts for my race and I knew in my heart that being the first black president...
...Achebe event, titled “From the Kingdom of Childhood,” was the sixth annual lecture for the Committee on African Studies, arranged in conjunction with the W.E.B. DuBois Institute and the Department for African and African American Studies...
...into overtime before senior Nicole Rhodes scored the game-winner in the 99th minute. The teams weren’t strangers to each other, and they certainly weren’t strangers to overtime. The extra time in Friday evening’s match marked the sixth time that each team has needed more than 90 minutes to settle a game this season. Harvard went to overtime in four straight games in September and emerged unbeaten (one win, three ties). Northeastern saw its mettle tested—and conference title locked up—with a 1-0 double-overtime...
...cross country is all about, and we actually enjoyed [the challenge].” Harvard’s male competitors did not express as much enthusiasm for the sloppy course, but achieved equal success in the 10K race. Sophomore Dan Chenoweth matched his classmate’s accomplishment, finishing sixth overall to earn his own trip to Indiana. The Crimson’s top runner crossed the finish line in 31:29.8, followed by junior co-captain Chas Gillespie, freshman Brandon Jarrett, junior Stephen Chester and sophomore Ryan Neely. All five point scorers broke the top 85, giving Harvard...