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...Crimson never trailed again and ended the first half up, 27-22. After a jumper from Budischak, Wildcats senior Ashley Cerniglia hit a three-pointer, and sophomore Candace Williams—who finished with a double-double of 10 points and 12 rebounds—had a bucket to trim the lead to two. But three-pointers from co-captain Jessica Knox and junior Niki Finelli helped give Harvard a 12-point cushion with 13:07 to go. An 18-7 run by New Hampshire brought it back within two, but the Crimson sank its free throws to hold...
...myself. This spring, it began to publish ultra-abridged versions of classics like “Anna Karenina,” shortening them to about half their original size and advertising them as great books “in half the time.” The goal is to trim away all excess verbiage, jettison any pointless asides, and streamline prose so that it follows a more straightforward narrative. With a few judicious strikeouts, Thackeray can become Hemingway...
Hallion’s last three-pointer—she finished a perfect 3-for-3 beyond the arc—pushed the lead to 12 at 52-40, and the Pride spent the rest of the night clamoring to trim its deficit...
Just under four minutes later, the Saints’ Chelsea Grills snuck a shot past Kessler to trim the Crimson’s lead to 3-1 and halt the sophomore goalie’s bid for a fourth straight shutout...
...pill. But a paper published today on BMJ.com shows exactly that: Taking federally approved anti-obesity medications, such as Xenical and Acomplia, leads only to modest weight loss - an extra 6 lbs. to 10 lbs. (2.7 kg to 4.7 kg) a year - and it's not likely to radically trim down bulging waistlines. "People have to understand it's very difficult to lose weight," says lead author Raj Padwal, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta...