Word: throwings
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...still small but rapidly expanding, members of the Crimson stayed after the game to lead some skills sessions and talk to some of the Atlanta-based youth who were in attendance. In an informal gathering, local athletes enjoyed the opportunity to shoot on Harvard’s goalies and throw around. “The game is growing all over the country, and we saw a great opportunity to bring our program to an area where lacrosse is growing,” Tillman said. “We definitely take it as our responsibility to also promote the game...
...Competitive Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, is holding a counter-protest during the same time period called Celebrate Human Achievement Hour, which will "salute the people who keep the lights on and produce the energy that helps make human achievement possible." (So if you've ever wanted to throw a party for your local coal plant, this will be your chance.) But Earth Hour is a symbolic act, and as WWF's Roberts points out, "history is littered with symbolic acts that became tipping points." (Read "Solar Power: Eco-Friendly or Environmental Blight...
...crisis, and I'm here to help. First of all, there's the minifridge. Is this caramel? Moose blood? I have no idea. But when I miraculously scrub it clean, all Senator Jon Tester notices is the Heineken minikeg in the garbage. In Montana, he explains, you don't throw away beer, even on office-moving day. In New Jersey, I tell him, you get pizza and beer when you help someone move. In Montana, I learn, people don't take obvious hints...
...health-care legislation in budget "reconciliation" - an aggressive maneuver that would mean it requires only 51 votes to pass the Senate, rather than the 60 it takes to overcome a filibuster under the normal rules. "If it's partisan, the minority party can find all kinds of ways to throw sand in the gears, and outside groups will start to mobilize," he warns. "My view is, we can get more than 60 votes." To do otherwise, he says, is to risk having the whole program come apart as it is being put in effect. "Once it becomes partisan," he warns...
...which is something Barack Obama should bear in mind as he goes forth to meet with the world's leaders in Europe the first week in April. The new President has shown a predilection for diplomacy, a subtle strategic sense of the world. But sometimes you have to throw your weight around - quietly, but firmly - and Gelb has raised an essential question: Will Obama know how, and whether, to react if diplomacy fails? (Read "Is Europe Falling Out of Love with Obama...