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...girlfriend, he was wearing a “redneck fat suit.” It was Halloween 2006 and one of Owings’ roommates had just asked Downer why he had not yet asked Owings to be his girlfriend. Downer had assumed it was implicitly understood that they were together, but on the way back from a party, when he ran into someone he knew, he introduced Owings as his girlfriend. Downer and Owings had met earlier that semester at the activities fair held each year, where Owings was tabling for STAGE, a student organization that promotes theater...
...basking in glory and blissfully unconcerned with explaining what it had just witnessed. “That was just…an awesome game, awesome win,” Markley said.The comeback win cannot be fully replicated by report. Like in many famous contests, some moments cannot be fully understood by those who weren’t there. Sports fans live for such games and such moments, experiences that elude capture by words.—Staff writer Justin W. White can be reached at jwwhite@fas.harvard.edu...
...guess that’s still sport as life, though. That’s certainly the case for Jeffrey, who never quite understood why a white kid catching passes from a black kid on the “black” side of town was such an extraordinary achievement. For him, it was the simple joy of being able to run, to compete and not to worry about anything else in the process...
...debilitating effects of advanced dementia - how it destroys communication, basic muscle control, even the ability to swallow - are difficult to describe in words. Often, it's not until the condition is witnessed up close that it can really be understood...
...surprised and I was disappointed, but I understood,” said Faust, who first heard of Forst’s decision several weeks ago. “He’s been a huge asset this year, in part because of his deep understanding of finances and markets...