Word: tam
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...reflects every detail of some stereotype or another, some character who is a caricature of him- or herself. At the drop of a hat Sun is a slouchy, mouthing-off teenager named Jerome, and one second later she is meek, investment-banker-turned-educator Ms. Tam, trying vainly to convince Jerome to come to a 41-minute class less than 20 minutes late...
...Therein lies the weakness of the play: It demands very little from its audience. Sun criticizes teachers like Ms. Tam for entering the teaching profession with a mindset of self-sacrifice and a conviction that they can single-handedly make a difference in students’ lives. It’s a vision that is grossly ignorant of the reality of a world in which gangs murder students’ siblings and grandparents stand in for absent mothers and long-gone fathers...
...McVeigh, who notched her first career goal.Despite the 5-4 shot advantage held by the Tigers in the second half, the Crimson was able to hold Pacific scoreless for the last 20 minutes to secure the win.HARVARD 2, HOLY CROSS 0When Harvard visited Holy Cross on Friday night, the tam knew it would be a tough game. The Crimson was able to shut out the Crusaders, 2-0, but the game was by no means a one-way contest.“It was a battle,” said Shapiro. “It was very back-and-forth...
...current estimated death toll, including people in the street and those trapped in the warehouse, is over 200 people. The warehouse, unfortunately, was a 24-hour post, and thus many TAM workers were inside at the time of the crash. Some eyewitnesses said some workers escaped by jumping out of the second story and running from the building. But many died inside. By the time the fire waned it had already gutted the entire building...
...Bandeirantes, we saw that a third building behind the first two was still on fire. I did not see a single body in the four hours I spent at Congonhas. I did not witness distressed relatives. But the sight of the flaming wreck and the amputated tail of TAM flight JJ3054 will haunt me—and Brazilian aviation—for years to come. Matthew S. Blumenthal ’08, a Crimson news editor, is a history and literature concentrator in Pforzheimer House. He is interning at Folha de São Paulo as part of the David...