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...clock wound down and the weary defense took the field for the umpteenth time after a Schires interception, resignation took over determination. You could see it in their slumped shoulders and exhausted gait...
...spring of 2000, Al Gore hired a new--it seemed his umpteenth--team of political consultants. They asked him what he cared about most, as consultants always do. He said the environment. They told him the environment was nice, but it wouldn't win him any more electoral votes than he already had. They gave him a list of issues that might win a few crucial states. Gore followed their advice. "They ran about 26 different Senate races rather than a presidential campaign," says John Podesta, Clinton's former chief of staff. "They won more votes than the Republicans...
Some administrators reading this column may shake their heads in exasperation at the umpteenth senior writing the umpteenth editorial about a situation which is the obvious result of four-fifths bad planning and one-fifth unadulterated procrastination. I like to think of it as denial. Mixed in with bad planning and procrastination is the hope that somehow, next year, some new course will be offered that will offer respite from watching leopards mate with half of the freshman class. And lo, that class appears and while you warm your hands on the corner of the radiator allotted...
...proved himself for the umpteenth time to be one of Harvard’s best recruits over the past five years. Storming the scene as a freshman, Chu has held on to the top spot despite a deep lineup that includes senior Dave Lingman and junior Cliff Nguyen. Along with Lingman and doubles partner Oli Choo, Chu, the No. 47-ranked player in the country, will represent Harvard at this weekend’s ITA All-American championships. Chu’s on fire—and it’s not even Ivy season...
...studios where they have been rushing since January to edit 180 hours of raw video, the soft-spoken French documentarians say they were hesitant to bring their film to TV. (At one point in 9/11, Jules, watching the news and seeing the second plane crash for the umpteenth time, says numbly, "Enough TV. Time for radio.") They ultimately signed with CBS, on condition that the network be limited to two airings and the Naudets retain ownership of the footage and creative control...