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Donato takes a swig of water as the Crimson earns its first power-play opportunity of the night. During the ensuing television timeout, he bends over intently, instructing a huddle of helmets on how to convert on the upcoming man advantage...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GET A LODHA THIS: A Test for Ted | 3/1/2008 | See Source »

...film. “We’re too indie for cultural accuracy!” the film cries. 2. Take a hesitant sip for each of Louis XVI’s awkward attempts at deflowering or even talking to his fifteen-year-old bride. 3. Take a celebratory swig at the couple’s long awaited consummation! 4. Perform a group alcohol-waterfall for Antoinette’s intellectual renaissance: The scene in which she reads Rousseau aloud in a flowering garden of enlightenment. 5. Five shots for her foray into pink hair. We?...

Author: By Juli Min, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: SCREENSHOTS: Marie Antoinette | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...they all started with the rock star hook.7.FM: You appeared on The Colbert Report this past February and summed up the brain in 5 words. Can you sum up being an academic rock star in 5 words? Bonus rock star points for fewer words. SP: Oh my goodness, (long swig of coffee). Deep ideas, light touch.8. FM: In a similar vein, Geoffrey Sampson wrote an entire book countering the arguments in The Language Instinct. We think that makes you something of a badass. Can you talk a little bit about what the word badass says about human nature...

Author: By Ana P. Gantman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions With Steven Pinker | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...constantly swig from a bottle of water during strenuous exercise, you're not alone. Coaches, personal trainers and doctors have long harped on the need to avoid dehydration, which can cause dizziness, fainting and, in extreme cases, brain damage or death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Too Much H2O | 10/9/2007 | See Source »

...having sent 173 in a single four-hour stretch. But e-mails aren’t the only way Sundquist reaches out to his constituents. As he walks down Mount Auburn St. after an early-evening round of class, wielding a quart of orange juice and offering a swig to everybody in sight, it’s apparent that there’s something there that goes beyond the merely transactional. As in the dining halls, so it goes on the street: for most faces Sundquist has a name, for most names he has a story to tell...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UC V.P. More Than Just A Campus V.I.P. | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

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