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...cream and even the trainer’s sticky pre-wrap spray is a daily practice. In minor league baseball the use of foreign substances is not taboo; it’s just illegal. The substance of choice is ultimately applied to the middle and index fingers of the throwing hand in order to get a better “feel” for the baseball and also to enhance the break of certain pitches, especially the curveball. The use of pine tar is especially advantageous on colder nights since the stickiness helps duplicate the release of the ball under...
...Catherine “Calla” Videt ’08. The gist of the story is as follows: Paige (Renée L. Pastel ’09) is the seemingly dutiful and devoted wife of Lars (Arlo D. Hill ’08) who decides to throw a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his Nietzschean empowerment/philosophy text. Invited guests include: Hal, the biologist (Simon N. Nicholas ’07); his wife Sian, the “newsbabe” (Catrin M. Lloyd-Bollard ’08); and Wynne, the dumb blonde (Julia...
...movies that had conclusions; a TV series is open-ended, like life. Jericho doles out its horror in doses--flickering TV images of ruined cities, radiation victims dead by a lake--and softens it with soap-opera B-plots. The survivors have affairs and family fights; teenagers flirt and throw parties. Chicago may be burning, but somewhere on the Great Plains, The O.C. lives...
...When behavior puts people at risk, the possibility of an arrest is always an option.” So while it’s unclear how likely you are to get in deep trouble for pouring Pimm’s, Harvard always leaves the door open to throw the book at ruthless rule-breakers...
...Atlantic edition: Looking back over my 31 years of reading Time, I would like to boldly say that it has been worthwhile. Sixty years may be a very short span in the view of historians, but, to many of your readers, a 60th anniversary is a good reason to throw a big party. Time, please take a bow for excellent news reporting. Kester Ekekwe Jos, Nigeria I was pleased to read "Adoring a vacuum," about the Gastrovac, a new tool that vacuum-cooks foods at extremely low temperatures. I have tried to put at ease friends who are wary...