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...Crimson had fallen behind early as sophomore Marc Hordon made his first appearance on the mound in over a month. Surprising many who expected to see senior ace Ben Crockett pitch against the team he lost to by a slim margin of 2-1 earlier this year, Walsh went with Hordon, who had been sidelined with a shoulder injury since April...
...seems utterly miserable. Rall reveals that "contrary to the propaganda back home, the U.S.A.F. bombed anything and everything," even though "the last thing [Afghanistan] needs is more bombs. Bombing is redundant..." Reasoning that the odds of being hit are slim, people learn to disassociate the sound of bombs from death. Instead they worry about the gangs of heavily-armed thugs who rob and murder with no recourse. Rall's interpreter explains that having someone killed would cost $100 if you bargained well. "Would anybody care?" Rall asks. "Why would they?" is the hard-boiled reply. Even through his limited experience...
...first time in the school’s history, the incoming class of the Kennedy School of Government’s (KSG) largest program has a slim majority of female students—a number administrators say is a result of new initiatives aimed specifically at women...
...Honolulu, took a circuitous route to Penguin Putnam, beginning in mid-September 1997 at a meeting of the Honolulu Rotary Club. Keith was in a rut with his writing. After attending the Maui Writers’ Conference two weeks earlier, he worried that his chances of publishing anything were slim, because he had no “special hook or angle.” Bowing his head at the beginning of the meeting, though, Keith heard his fellow Rotarian J. Kenneth Sanders recite a poem he attributed to Mother Teresa. Suddenly, Keith realized that the words were...
...transfer students who have beaten the slim admissions rate, the Harvard experience begins with a day-long orientation which often leaves them “feeling like first-years all over again,” says Judy G. Fox, director of transfer and visiting student programs...