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...snatched up a thick splinter of wood and thrust it into the fireplace. Holding her torch aloft, she sprang upon Zalathal’s back. For a moment she hesitated, looking around her at Roxanna’s chamber. It had to burn. Almost delicately, she touched the flaming tip of the torch to the vanity table. The wood curled slowly away and then burst into flames. Felicity dug her heels into the stallion’s flanks...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: THE STABLE BOY | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...senate seat, what would happen in 2010, when she would presumably run for re-election? The odds are that she would win in a landslide, and for no other reason than that she is the last living member of the Camelot first family. Name recognition may not single-handedly tip the scales, but voters would certainly pay less attention to her positions on issues or policy proposals than they would her legendary lineage. At heart, the American political process is about opening positions of leadership to all, not to a select few lucky enough to have been born into...

Author: By James K. Mcauley | Title: Beyond Aristocracy | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...elementary school, try to get a girl to like you, not to love you. Wait until middle school to try to get her to love you. Otherwise, you have to hold on to her for a long time and that would be very hard. Tip: Most boys in elementary school can hold on to a girl for only 30 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Talk to Girls | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...start the game with the same focus and intensity as they did,” Rollins said. “Too often we started halves not ready to attack and this time, it cost us.” Harvard continues nonconference play tomorrow evening, when it will host Vermont. Tip-off at Lavietes Pavilion is scheduled for 7 p.m. —Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham can be reached at ecunning@fas.harvard.edu...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Sunk Across City | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...those of the urban, liberal voters in the New York City area. Although Obama won the state with 62% of the vote, most upstate counties gave him only 45%-55%, while Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx gave him 80%-90%. "The whole Caroline Kennedy thing is not a tip of the hat to upstate," says Joshua Dyck, an assistant professor of political science at SUNY Buffalo. "Here's a part of the state that already feels neglected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Other Senate Vacancy: Who Will Replace Hillary? | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

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