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...their finest studio effort. As an outsider to the indie scene, “You in Reverse” was my very first encounter with Built to Spill. Alas, instead of encouraging me to jump headfirst into the world of indie rock, most of the tracks on this album struck me as little more than background music. The instrumental arrangements and execution are seamless, but the reverb-heavy production establishes a clear divide between album and audience. Most of the album is fairly chill music perhaps best suited to spacing out; many of the songs drag on far too long...
...leader Princeton and Penn.HARVARD 2, YALE 0After a scoreless inning of relief in the first game of the afternoon, sophomore Amanda Watkins went the distance in the second, closing the door on the Bulldogs with a shutout at Yale’s Dewitt Family Field.Watkins scattered three hits and struck out two in cruising to her second shutout of the season.“Amanda has grown a lot in her game as a pitcher,” Allard said. “I think the biggest difference over the past week or so is that she?...
...Crimson had a final chance to come back against closer Brett Rosenthal in the top of the ninth, scoring one on a double by Brown and loading the bases with two outs before sophomore Matt Vance struck...
...think our team didn’t come out with intensity,” freshman Kaitlin Martin said. The game marks the third straight loss for Harvard (3-8, 1-1 Ivy League) and the seventh straight victory for New Hampshire (8-4, 3-0 America East). The Wildcats struck first, posting a 3-0 run to open the game. Three different players—junior Alexa Webster, senior Katie Leland, and sophomore Moira Talbot—each found the net to give New Hampshire the early lead. Leland and Talbot would continue to increase the tally, recording seven...
...Truman holds the record, when only 23% approved of the job he was doing in November of 1951, and Nixon fell as low as 24%. (In contrast, among the most beloved in year six of their presidencies were Eisenhower at 64%, Reagan at 63.5% and Clinton at 57%.) What struck the surveyors was Bush's 60% disapproval number, and the fact that 47% stronglydisapprove. That's like trying to climb out of a deep hole filled with big rocks - with new rocks being thrown in each week, labeled War, Katrina, Meirs, Dubai, Deficits, Gas Prices, Cheney, Eavesdropping, Leaks...