Word: tails
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...career in preparation for his paintings, sculpture and architecture. But for reasons not entirely known, he burned many of them. It's possible that he didn't want people to know what hard graft went into the finished product. After all, when he started his career at the tail end of the 15th century, artists were seen as craftsmen rather than geniuses. His bourgeois father disapproved of his low-status career choice. Thankfully, however, about 600 of the drawings survive, and around 95 have been beautifully reassembled in an exhibition titled Michelangelo Drawings: Closer to the Master, which runs...
...dramatic increase in the number of Harvard volunteers reflected a broader trend, as students from colleges across the country opted to spend spring break doing service in the Gulf. Tent cities of volunteers have popped up in parts of the Crescent City. Harvard students arrived at the tail end of the March boom...
Green, the Army IG, says that people need in the abuse-scandal investigations to find a "donkey to pin the tail on." But he insists "Miller is not the one." Which leaves the question...
...same spirit, he could oppose a plan to scrap the tradition of players walking between the Sydney Cricket Ground's members as they enter and depart the arena. And he could step in and declare "Enough!" when his speedster Brett Lee bowls unsporting bumper after bumper at tail enders. Competitive and artless, Ponting is doing his best to ensure Australia keeps winning. That's the job as he sees it, and he's doing it well. Reflecting on his early days, however, might remind him that there's more to sport than that. If he then began to grasp...
...broad and satisfying taste of the world of sports.Friday night was the start of Penn-Princeton weekend in Cambridge, a big occasion for the Crimson squads in action and the fans that follow them. After a hearty meal at Shabbat 1000, I hurried across the river to catch the tail end of men’s basketball’s always-exciting clash with the Tigers. (I’m so shomer!) I arrived at Lavietes Pavilion just in time for Princeton sharpshooter Kyle Koncz to connect from downtown with 10:42 left to stake the Tigers to a narrow...