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...living in the bush year-round. Ejected from their homeland before the Industrial Revolution, they had simple expectations and were content to survive as nomadic hunters and shepherds. Nowhere else in the British Empire, says Boyce, "did the British adapt so quickly to the environment." Their dealings with Aborigines swung between cordial and violent, but there was little of the slaughter that was to come...
After Harvard scored, two penalties swung the momentum in Brown’s favor, and the Bears answered with a goal late in the first period. On a power play, Brown blue-liner Sean Hurley found teammate Jeff Prough beside the crease where the forward was able to knot the game...
...team.”Although the Tigers won the first race of the meet—the 200 freestyle relay—the Crimson responded with a 1-2 finish in the 200 freestyle by co-captain Sam Wollner and David Guernsey, respectively, and the momentum quickly swung into its favor. After Rathgeber nailed first place in the 100 yard breaststroke—and an NCAA B qualifying time—Bill and Dan Jones demolished the competition and tallied NCAA qualifying times of their own with 1-2 finishes in the 200 butterfly, respectively. The twins?...
...Once Hillary proved her mettle as a tough lady, the pendulum swung the other way and she is now seen as cold, mechanical, and uncaring...
...female voters, 35% to Clinton's 30%; five days later, those numbers flipped, and Clinton carried women, 47% to 34%. More striking still was the turnaround among unmarried women - somewhat snottily referred to as the "spinster" vote - whom Obama had won by 13 percentage points in Iowa. That demographic swung 30 points in Clinton's favor in New Hampshire...