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...only slight downer for the Crimson was its defense, which committed three errors. One of them, a deep fly ball which Bridich dropped, put the Crusaders' first run on base in the fifth...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Tops Holy Cross With Four in Eighth | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...community advisory issued by HUPD included a composite of the suspect. The victim described the suspect to police as a black male, 40 years old, 6'1" and 185 lbs. The suspect was also described as thinly built with very dark skin, a slight moustache and bad lower teeth...

Author: By Matthew G.H. Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: GSE Library Staffer Assaulted After Confronting Wallet Thief | 4/7/1999 | See Source »

...lightning speed. In the 1970s, psychologist Paul Ekman and his colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, developed a classification of 46 muscle movements that appear to account for the entire panoply of human facial expressions. The movements--or action units, as Ekman called them--range from the slight crow's-feet crinkling around the eyes that accompanies a smile to the contraction of forehead muscles that are an integral part of a scowl. "Some of these movements are so difficult that they're impossible to fake unless you're a very skilled actor," says Marian Bartlett, a post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lying Faces Unmasked | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

HONEST, AL Presidential mendacity is not a pretty sight. To nip it in the bud, we at Notebook pledge to keep an eye on the presidential candidates, rating their less than truthful statements from slight exaggeration ([one shovel]) to whopper ([five shovels]). First up: Al Gore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Candidate Truth Watch | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson recovered easily from the slight setback, as Vedica lain, the oldest active player for Harvard, secured a win in the No. 2 position. She claimed a decisive win in two sets...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Drops B.C., Now Texas-Bound | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

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