Word: storm
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Clark's heroics ended an up-and-down match that saw Harvard lose the doubles point, storm back in the early singles matches to take a 3-1 lead and then allow the Hokies to tie things up at 3-3. The match was only the second time all season that the Crimson has lost the doubles point and come back to win. PENN STATE 0 HARVARD 4 VIRGINIA TECH 3 HARVARD...
...capsule review of Purple America by Rick Moody (author of The Ice Storm, which was made into a critically acclaimed movie) would seem to condemn it as an example of this type of writing: Billie Raitcliffe has a thing for men who work with radioactivity (personality tic) and a degenerative muscular disease; her husband just left her and she asks her son to euthanize her when her illness gets too severe (societal problem; two, if you count the separation). Hex, her son, has to decide whether he can shoulder the burden of caring for his mother alone (societal problem) even...
...each character's perspective. Just like the zone between the land and the sea that is never dry for the lapping waves, what seems neatly defined land and water mixes, leaving enough room for interpretation to fill the novel's 450 pages. An iceberg is both shelter from a storm and a ripping force of destruction, Newfoundland waste and an Eden, the sea a blessing and curse...
...failed Wednesday when Burton used his power as chairman of the House committee on governmental reform and oversight to quash ranking Democrat Henry Waxman's motion. And despite Waxman's vow to take it to the floor of the House, it looks as if Burton has finally weathered the storm over his recent editing of the Web Hubbell tapes. One small success for the Democrats: They managed to block Burton's attempt to give immunity to four potential committee witnesses, whom Chairman Dan believes possess key knowledge of illegal foreign donations to the Clinton campaign. Now Newt Gingrich will transfer...
...DELHI: How do you shore up a shaky Indian coalition government? Detonate a few nuclear bombs. India?s leaders may be facing a storm of international criticism for exploding three nuclear bombs, but it?s done them a power of good among India?s voters -- so much so that despite the announcement of U.S. sanctions, New Delhi on Wednesday tested two more bombs...