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...this kind of thing happened at Nebraska, everyone would say how crazy it is," said Thompson. "Why should it be any different at Harvard? This kind of thing is not supposed to come out of Harvard. We all look at Harvard differently. The thrust of a Harvard education is fulfilling one's potential, academically and athletically. It's abuse...
...Harvard men's wrestling team, thrust onto the yellow-brick road of an Ivy League schedule, is indeed finding resistance from various Lions, Tigers, and bears...
First-year team member Yong Jim Im was thrust into a starting role as the setter--sometimes called the quarterback of a volleyball team--in the place of Toro. With only three days to practice with Im as the setter, the team was disoriented...
...Paris haute couture house, the decor is outright iconoclastic. Instead of the usual hushed beige backdrops, little gilt chairs and artfully placed mirrors, rich oranges and reds glow on every side. The black border motif on the rugs and walls summons up visions of black flames. Bright pink branches thrust upward from behind small neo-Martian chairs, and the sconces are big burnished theater masks, enough to scare a timid millionairess right out of her chiffon...
...crawling out of the grave attacking people, and voodoo dolls and pins that don't even exist. This led to Hollywood movies like I Walked with A Zombie and Zombies on Broadway. I think what [Serpent] attempts to do is give a positive portrayal of a culture at the thrust of change. The whole point of The Serpent and the Rainbow is to take a phenomenon which has been used in an explicitly racist way to denigrate an entire people and turn it on its head and hopefully show something good...