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...scouting report pointed to his lean frame as proof that he’d have trouble competing in the post. He might record a few blocked shots and snag a few boards, but looking to him as a source of offensive production would be a stretch...
...same perfectionism that impelled him forward in the Lampoon lay behind this academic success. He researched a thesis called “Non-Horatian Elements in Robert Herrick’s Imitations and Echoes of Horace” and was frustrated when it didn’t snag a summa grade...
...said Glaeser, author of a forthcoming Journal of Economic Geography article examining the city’s storied history. “At every juncture, skilled people with various forms of human capital wanted to stay in Boston instead of running whenever the city hit an economic snag,” Glaeser said...
...Bush involves Israel leaving all of Gaza and abandoning four isolated settlements in the West Bank, in exchange for U.S. endorsement of Israel's claim to hang on to the broad swathes of occupied territory on which its major West Bank settlement blocs are built. The plan hit a snag last month when Sharon's own Likud Party turned it down in a referendum, but it is expected to be resubmitted in the near future in revised form, probably extending the time-frame for withdrawal...
...been trying all semester to snag former Undergraduate Council (UC) President Rohit Chopra '04 for a little Q and A. We envisioned something like: “Rohit: What’s he been up to?” But our efforts were to no avail. Even though he’s no longer fighting the good fight on behalf of the student body, Chopra is keeping himself busy, and it seemed he just couldn’t make time for FM. I was crushed until I realized that, like Dorothy’s red slippers, Chopra's semester...