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...weekend road trip to Texas provided no opportunity to rest for Harvard’s women’s volleyball team. Taking part in the Mizuno Invitational II at Rice University, Harvard (2-5) faced unyielding competition from South Carolina, Rice, and No. 23 Wichita State. The Crimson fell in each of the three contests, typically by slim margins in set-play.“The way that we played in some of those games was an affirmation that we can play with the best of the best,” sophomore Sandra Lynn Fryhofer said.Fryhofer posted impressive individual numbers...
...motif of genes as deterministic prime-movers offers an insightful line or two, his prose otherwise lacks vigor and ingenuity. Volpi draws heavily from a repository of borrowed metaphors and personifications–riding on Conrad’s coattails to describe humans “embarking on a trip into the heart of darkness” is not quite so entrancing the second time around. Especially in light of Volpi’s notable ability to transition rather effortlessly between assuming the colloquialisms of post-Communist Russia and the jargon of American capitalism, one wonders why an author with...
...learned that he could finance a trip to five continents at about half the cost of the Oxford program, and immediately called Wang to ask if he was interested in a world tour...
...things that we've talked about and I talk about among my friends is that now is the time to get involved in your church; now is the time to go to your kids' school and participate as a parent/teacher in your parent/teacher conference. Go on a field trip. There are so many ways within your own community that you can get involved and you can add value to your own self-interest...
...substandard private colleges and courses that market to South Asian students, as well as poor-quality housing, exploitative work conditions and the need for local benefits like travel concession cards which, they say, will improve safety. The protests were timed to coincide with Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's trip to India at the start of September, in which she aimed to calm the diplomatic waters, and a Senate inquiry into the welfare of international students. More demonstrations are likely when students head to the capital to air their grievances at an international student roundtable hosted by the government...