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Edwards said she did not know of any Harvard students who had been injured or reported missing. She said that while it is uncommon, natural disasters have affected students studying abroad in the past, such as erupting volcanoes in Ecuador...
...aides-de-camp afterward said privately: "The War aged him for he was subjected to a peculiar, unremitting strain. He knew that every day everyone he encountered expected to leave the presence of the King with a higher heart and more determined to win the War. It was no uncommon thing in France to hear men worn to the uttermost say, 'If the King can stick this War, so can I, God bless...
...property after being asked to do so. When a similar situation unfolded on Nov. 21, however, hunters became the hunted. Vang was looking for deer in Sawyer County, a rugged, boggy and thickly wooded area. He was carrying an SKS semiautomatic rifle, a legal deer-hunting weapon but an uncommon one because it isn't particularly powerful. Vang says he was lost when he stumbled upon and climbed onto a deer stand, a structure about 10 ft. high that gives hunters a better view of their quarry. Vang says he was approached by Terry Willers, a co-owner...
...uncommon to hear FM executives discuss cover design in terms of “simple ideas” or news reporters talk about tomorrow’s “dude story.” These are only a few of the tools that Ron gave us to make our content more accessible to you, our devoted readers...
...results of pod-headization are devastating. It is not uncommon for the afflicted to miss three or more potential conversations during the seven-minute interchange between courses. At this rate, if we assume a mere twelve potential conversational hours per day, pod-heads miss out on nearly 303 exchanges each day. Does this make those with unconstrained ears 303 times more social? You do the math...