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...many times in the match, Harvard stood on the verge of taking control. In both the first and fourth games, the Crimson (13-4, 9-2 Sweeney) had a chance to swing the momentum its way, but miscommunications on offense prevented it from succeeding...
...city through his eyes. One day we drove over to an apartment on the Northwest Side where he'd lived as a child, and loitered in front of a burgundy-brick three-flat with a concrete stoop and a tiny yard surrounded by necklace-like chains. We stood on the cracked sidewalk as if contemplating a shrine...
...sense of what has happened: imagining fantastic life-saving devices, taking days off from school, meeting with a psychiatrist, and scouring New York City for traces of his father. And Oskar is not unique in focusing on the tragedy; realities, such as the gaping hole where the towers once stood and the huge number of people personally affected, enforce its claim to universality...
...recalled their shared childhood in rural Illinois and the “principle of excellence” for which Korsmeyer stood, even as a child...
...recalled their shared childhood in rural Illinois, and the “principle of excellence” for which Korsmeyer stood, even as a child...