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...year.Sure, the Crimson, undefeated heading into the halfway mark of the season. is poised to duplicate its unforgettable run of two years ago, when Harvard compiled a perfect 10-0 record and won the Ivy League title.But after a shuffle at quarterback that saw the Crimson starting its third-stringer in Week 2, Harvard knows not to look too far towards the future.So what’s the most pressing concern for the Crimson? Trying to finish the first half of the season undefeated when it battles non-league foe Lafayette (2-3, 1-0 Patriot) tomorrow at 12:30pm...
Street-lit auteur Vickie Stringer has become vertically integrated to protect her market share. Currently, she's enjoying the fruits of a six-figure book deal with Simon & Schuster. In the early 1990s, Stringer says, she was trafficking up to 30 kilos of cocaine weekly to street gangs in Ohio. She was busted and served seven years in prison. When she got out, she self-published her roman à clef Let That Be the Reason--and got nowhere. So she developed a business plan. "I finished the book in 2001, and I sent out letters to over 26 agents...
...Stringer has repeatedly reinvented herself for the shifting dynamics of her genre. When a number of authors rejected by mainstream publishers approached her for advice, she founded a company--Triple Crown Publications--in her kitchen. When mainstream publishers began competing with her for authors, she started a literary agency, ensuring herself a cut from the contracts of writers who went big. K'wan was her first author and her first client as an agent. "Even when I was a hustler, I never wanted to sit on a street corner. I always wanted more control," she says. "I always wanted...
...core. No stringer. Aviso sandwiches 1/4 in. of honeycombed material or foam between sheets of unidirectional carbon fiber--for a strong matrix--then seals it with heat. The deck and bottom flex independently: the cavity gives the rocker room to straighten out, pulling the rails and allowing for more speed on turns. Caution: your wax job might melt on these black boards...
...Wooden stringer...