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...rarely predestined from the tee. What matters is the endgame - the approach shot and, most crucially, the chips and putts on its devilishly slick greens. This is not to say that Augusta doesn't provide a stern test of a golfer's resolve - a particularly demanding three-hole stretch is known as Amen Corner - it's just that this test is predicated on the principle that a person should have multiple opportunities for redemption...
...most Harvard students, spring break is a time for rest and relaxation, a necessary break to recharge the batteries for the final stretch of spring semester...
...midfielder Francis Ellis locked the teams at 5-5 with Harvard’s fifth even-strength goal of the half less than three minutes later.“We did a really good job fighting back,” Widbin said. “There was a tough stretch in the third quarter where the ball was just bouncing their way and we weren’t coming up with ground balls.”Over the course of play, the Quakers claimed 24 ground balls to Harvard’s 15. In the third frame the Quakers dominated...
...Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, his first completed building in the U.S., is very different. At first approach it's all bunkerish midnight-blue steel, a cube-and-canister form answering to the legacy of the old mills and silos that once occupied - some still do - the industrial stretch of the Mississippi River where it stands. A lengthy, covered bridge-to-nowhere cantilevers out from one side of the building like a robot arm toward the river, ending in ledges of tiered seating for taking in the view...
...Gore. Pish-tosh, you say, and you're probably right. But let's play a little. Let's say the elders of the Democratic Party decide, when the primaries end, that neither Obama nor Clinton is viable. Let's also assume-and this may be a real stretch-that such elders are strong and smart enough to act. All they'd have to do would be to convince a significant fraction of their superdelegate friends, maybe fewer than 100, to announce that they were taking a pass on the first ballot at the Denver convention, which would deny...