Word: streaks
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...getting into the wear-and-wash act. Around parts of the Sunbelt, young collegians and high schoolers have begun aping the University of Oklahoma's star linebacker, Brian Bosworth, who has been seen sporting a streak of black on one side of his blond hairdo and an ever changing rainbow effect on the other side. His ultrashort hair, however, sometimes presents problems: the color occasionally refuses to hold. New York University Freshman Paul Nagle prefers to highlight his brown waves with an electric shade of aubergine to complement his camouflage fatigues. He calls the fad a kind of "Disney rebellion...
...Senior center Brian Cusworth, one of six Crimson players in double figures, scored a team-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as Harvard (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) avenged an 80-73 loss in Hanover last Saturday. The win also snapped a four-game losing streak for the home team. “More than anything, it is just a relief for everybody,” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said. “It’s just Ivy League survival, survival at the end of the game— you forget what...
...Senior center Brian Cusworth, one of six Crimson players in double figures, scored a team-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as Harvard (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) avenged an 80-73 loss in Hanover last Saturday. The win also snapped a four-game losing streak for the home team...
...occasion was a march on City Hall to protest a murderous streak that has left eight people dead since the beginning of 2007. It capped a year in which police tallied 161 murders, despite the fact that more than half the city's residents are still living in Hurricane Katrina-imposed exile. Many fear that the violence will discourage people from returning - and, as the city gears up for Mardi Gras Feb. 20, that it will further cripple tourism, the city's economic lifeblood...
...civilization’s impending doom. A beautiful day in the middle of January is like a baby lion: it may become dangerous, but for now it’s just lots of fun. At the moment, global warming doesn’t seem so bad. If this warm streak keeps up, it will dramatically improve my college experience...