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...beauty of the land. It's wonderful to wake up under clear blue skies that stretch from horizon to horizon. There is an openness in small towns. You look other people...
...stretch that began on Sep. 7 and ended yesterday, the No. 11 Harvard men’s soccer team has handed out losses to New England challengers left and right. The Crimson, which outscored its opponents, 9-3, in that span, improved its undefeated record to 6-0 and climbed two spots in the national rankings. “I am very proud of them,” head coach John Kerr said. “We have asked a lot of them this past week...and they have come through with flying colors.” Harvard will rest...
...That's a pretty big stretch, and it's the area that Across the Universe spans. In its plot and performances, the movie is ordinary at best; at times during the film, you'll be stranded in perplexity. But in the way it looks and sounds, it's a tonic to two senses. No surprise here, since Taymor has lavished her extravagant theatrical imagination on Broadway musicals (The Lion King), operas (The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera) and movies (a gory, oneiric Titus - Shakespeare as a splatter film - and the more pedestrian Frida). And the arranger-producers...
...late 80s, Holy Cross had a great streak going, but since the 90s, Harvard has really dominated that series,” Gilmore said. “It’s been a great stretch for Harvard, but we’re hoping to get that turned around this year at Holy Cross...
...considerable influence on the popularity of Pinot) might remember that Pinot Noir can be unpredictable yet potentially spectacular. Part of the appeal lies in the fact that the vines thrive only on such steep slopes as Burgundy's 2-mile-wide (3 1/2 km), 30-mile-long (50 km) stretch of Cte d'Or (Burgundy and Pinot Noir are synonymous) and in just a few rocky pockets in such places as Australia, Canada, South America and Europe, along with Oregon's Willamette Valley and the coolest spots in California. As for New Zealand's Central Otago Pinots, the pioneers...