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...opponent after opponent. After two one-minute rounds between Liu and Floyd-Prewitt, judges still cannot decide between them. One 30-second tie-breaker round later, Liu walks off with the spoils—a $50 gift certificate to Massive.AT WHAT PRICE VICTORY?MC Mikal takes his loss in stride. “I’ve been rapping for a long time,” he says. “It’s fun, but I’m pretty serious about it.” Nonetheless, Mikal offers some words in his own defense...
...wrote. “[V]ery few of the magazine’s models are minorities, and most of them are pictured wearing expensive clothes in elite surroundings (hello, Ritz Carlton).” According to Kaden, Scene’s editors have taken this type of criticism in stride. “People across campus were interested, and reacted, which is a fantastic thing both for the magazine itself and in helping us craft the second issue,” Kaden wrote. “We have taken all our feedback and tuned the content and style...
...tolerate the injustice.”Nelson is disappointed with his church’s treatment of gay men and women and says he’s unsure how long he will remain a part of the denomination. Nelson says he is able, however, to take this discrimination in stride, because he sees his future not as a minister, but rather outside the ecclesiastical sector. “I feel like my calling is for scholarship more than organized religion,” Nelson says. He hopes that education policy may provide a route to thwart discrimination against...
...Damon, the percussionist on this recording, gave a brilliant and cogent Duchamp presentation in the Jameson seminar last year.” It’s signed by someone named Vodka. Krukowski, for one, takes his duel life—and the above comment—in stride. “I bet I know who that is,” he says, laughing. “I was in grad school at the time.” Rather than launch into a story of Vodka’s raucous college years, however, Krukowski’s conversation gravitates more...
...Canadian coach while in the transition area, held the position on her third-and-final lap, and Scott began the final loop a nose behind Finland's Virpi Kuitunen, neck-and-neck with Sweden's Lina Andersson. The race came down to the final stretch, when Andersson broke a stride clear of Scott to win the gold medal with Anna Dahlberg in 16 minutes 36.9 seconds. Scott, 31, and Renner, 29, finished 0.6 seconds behind for the silver. Finland won the bronze, 2.3 seconds off the pace, and Norway finished fourth...