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...many ways, the logical next step for Harvard hockey. MacDonald represents the continuation of a long line of blueliners as captains, a streak that dates back to Kenny Smith...
...women’s tennis team may be the next in line to boast some headlines thanks to a youthful star. Following last season’s sixth-place Ivy League finish, the Crimson needs a breath of new life to restore the team to its previous dominant streak, when it won four consecutive league titles from...
...kept in check.Co-captain Mike Taylor’s interception of a Saints pass began a string of passes that ended when sophomore forward Doug Rogers scored his first goal of the season on a feed from senior forward Jon Pelle. The Crimson’s penalty-killing streak ended when a pass by SLU’s Kevin DeVergilio set up Brock McBride to slice a low shot past Richter in the third period to make the score 2-1. It was the only time the Saints managed to capitalize in seven power-play opportunities.But St. Lawrence?...
...seems to find the masquerade liberating. For once he never has to stop the action or worry about the prose being too purple or not purple enough. Gentlemen contains only trace amounts of irony. Best of all--and this is good for Chabon, who, unlike Updike, has a sentimental streak--the characters feel emotions only when they want to, and never more than necessary. "Are you sad?" a chatty prostitute asks Amram. "Filled with remorse?" No, he says: "I've lost the knack." The charade feels oddly right--so right that one suspects that where literature is concerned, high...
...Occasionally, Obey's independent streak is even too much for his own party. One example of that is a war surtax that Obey proposed last month to help offset the cost of the ongoing presence in Iraq. He offered it fully aware that it had absolutely no chance of passing, but simply to highlight his frustration that only military families are bearing the brunt of the war's burden. Obey wryly noted that he approached Pelosi with the surtax and the supplemental at the same time. "I told her: 'Nancy, I've got two things here, one you'll like...