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...senior thesis, I think, is that it distracts you from the fact that you’re almost done with college. In my youth, whenever I was struck by a foot cramp, my father would tell me to pinch my lip. Although this seems counterproductive and potentially masochistic, the trick works: The lip pain distracts you from the foot pain. The thesis process works in the same way: the immediate pain of the thesis distracts you from the deeper and less-easily-resolved pain of graduation. But perhaps I was too busy denying the existence of the metaphorical foot pain...
Shining for the Lions in the first half was senior attack Adie Moll, who turned in a hat-trick between 18:02 and 19:59, with two goals just 36 seconds apart off assists from sophomore midfielder Carrie Anderer. Her last goal pushed Columbia to a 5-4 lead...
...around a flashlight, the degrading image is worth more than any moment in the first volume. Here Tarantino employs the same technique as in Reservoir Dogs, where he subtly focused on his characters’ ears before slicing one off in the end. It’s a cruel trick, but a crafty one—and proof that Tarantino plays more than lip service to the art of film...
...University basketball team defeated the second team in practice last night by a score of 23 to 11. Both teams played a spirited game, but the first excelled in passing and shooting. Several trick formations, which were used successfully from the toss-up, proved the ability of the first team over the strong team play of the second. In dribbling the University players showed some improvement, but there was still a tendency to run out of bounds. The line-up: FIRST TEAM. SECOND TEAM. Broun, r.f. l.f., Kempner Quigley, l.f. r.f., Brooks Amberg, c. c., Miles Griffiths, r.g. l.g.,Goode...
...business lunch in Manila, members of the family, each striving to talk over another, banter happily about malls, politics, their kids. When Sy declares, "I've never had an inferiority complex," Henry Jr., the eldest son, quips, "only shopping complexes." The family bursts into gales of laughter. The trick will be preserving what Tessie calls a "continuity of culture," preserving that family spirit even as the Sys' role diminishes. --By Michael Schuman. With reporting by Nelly Sindayen/Manila