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...with less than a minute to go before intermission, the Crimson went for it again, this time in the form of a reverse wide receiver pass. Dawson took a handoff from Pizzotti, which he then gave to wideout Chris Sanders. Not entirely unfamiliar with the reverse, the Lehigh defense thought he was poised to run, but the sophomore uncorked a high pass along the right side for junior Corey Mazza. Though it was short, Mazza made the adjustment backwards, caught the ball, and turned back, dragging two defenders into the endzone.It was Mazza’s best performance...
...outlets, the Fox News Channel, was forced to air some of the most unkind, hurtful, and––dare I say it––agitated commentary ever to see airtime. Ordinarily calm, even-handed, and intellectually honest, Fox was thrust unwittingly into the unfamiliar realm of the angry political diatribe when a guest lost his calm and flaunted his nasty, baseless feelings before the entire nation. Who was this guest who so compromised Fox’s reputation for candid honesty and unfaltering decency? None other than former President of the United States William...
...when his accompanying singer, Sougata Banerjee, was unable to follow Jasraj’s rapid scalar flight between melodious high notes and the lowest notes of his three and a half octave range. Singing mostly in Hindi, Jasraj’s performance may have seemed completely alien to those unfamiliar with South Asian culture. And yet, while the vocals were indecipherable at times, the emotion was palpable, immersing the listener completely. Commencing slowly, with soft vocals and a steady tabla beat—a small pair of drums played expertly by Anuradha Pal—the music built gradually, becoming...
...Tully originally served as vice president to the presidency of Matt Thomas. But the former captain was dismissed from the team in June following assault charges against his ex-girlfriend, charges that made national news somewhat unfamiliar for a team relegated to the only conference that’s not postseason eligible in all of college football...
...most daring design centers in the U.S. Iconic buildings such as Sert’s Peabody Terrace and Le Corbusier’s Carpenter Center rose up in parallel with Harvard’s postwar intellectual boom. Harvard became an architectural rebel, dipping in to new experimental styles and unfamiliar designs in their sprawl across Cambridge...