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...saxophone, or as we like to say, the saxamaphone.) The above responses are in descending order according to frequency, which suggests that many of my peers subscribe to the view of the Band as a random, unintelligible collection of social misfits who follow the football team around in the vain hope of achieving significance. It also means that they have no idea why something that seems so silly would appeal to me, or how it could mean so much...
With the score 4-2, Harvard started scrambling, trying in vain to catch up. The rest of the game was physical, with the Tigers refusing to give into the Crimson’s pressure...
...branch. The top panel depicts a gray storm cloud with a bit of sun peeking from behind it. The orderliness of the lawn suggests that Stella, the old woman, is attempting to control her life. Stella stares at the lone leaf, which represents her fate, in a vain attempt to master it. Its lengthy distance from Stella may point to her inability to control every aspect of her life. The storm cloud represents the things that threaten the fragile leaf, the things that threaten Stella’s destiny. Stella looks to the cloud, but, even more so than...
Ensuring that the defense’s efforts are not in vain, the Harvard offense has struck early and often, scoring eight goals in the past two games. On the year, the Crimson has outscored opponents 13 to one in the first half...
...planning to become an expatriate. Disillusioned by an election in which my vote didn't truly count and a political system fraught with hypocrisy, I hoped to teach in Europe or elsewhere--anywhere but here. And then everything changed. Those victims of the terrorist attacks did not die in vain. But the cowards who perpetrated these monstrous deeds did: instead of weakening a country, they strengthened it; instead of destroying the steel beams of our spirit, they fortified them; instead of dividing us, they have united us. COREY CHAPMAN Los Angeles...