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Meanwhile, the Crimson attack was finally finding a way past Hoffman. The tall Loyola netminder proved to be a difficult opponent for Harvard shooters, as she would crouch down low and tempt her opponents to shoot up high...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Lacrosse Battles Back, Defeats Loyola in OT, 6-5 | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

...every serious life, and one that faces us daily in the office, the bedroom, even the income tax form we sign: What to do with the person who opposes us? We know, more or less, how to deal with our friends, but what to do with those who tempt us to awaken the devil in ourselves (a far more pernicious temptation than any external devil affords)? Many religions counsel us to forgive those who trespass against us and to extend charity even to the Jeffrey Dahmers of the world; Buddhists actually argue that our enemies are our best friends because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

...those merely watching on the sidelines, the adversarial nature of courtroom proceedings does tempt an observer to keep score. Advantage prosecution, the pundits declared following Day One. TOUCHDOWN, JOHNNIE! blared the tabloid New York Post after Cochran took the floor. ``After the prosecution finished, it seemed so clear that O.J. was guilty,'' says U.S.C.'s Chemerinsky. ``Then after the defense finished, you felt he was not guilty. What more could you ask for?'' The jury, however, has yet to see the full presentation of evidence--and evidence, in theory, is what will take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL: DID HE OR DIDN'T HE? | 2/6/1995 | See Source »

Some of the Crimson's non-conference engagements are Lehigh, B.U., and the Chemical Bank Tournament (try lona, UNC-Greensboro, Buffalo). Now, I don't want to seem like a crybaby, but the Patriot League doesn't really tempt my tummy...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Blue Devilish | 12/17/1994 | See Source »

Which is perhaps why the administration, while rigorously condemning undergraduate drug abuse, turns a blind eye to the steaming vats of coffee that appear in dining halls every morning to tempt students whose powers of resistance are at their lowest...

Author: By Emily Carrier, | Title: Stoned | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

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