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...strengths.“[Evan’s] process of getting charged up to play is better over a certain period of time,” Anderson noted, suggesting that O’Donnell was the choice to start because he can use the pre-game warm-up session to get focused. Joe was the clear second half choice, because he “is so calm and methodical in the way that he plays that he can roll out of bed and jump in the goal and be great. That’s just his demeanor...
...varsity eight could not come together in part because the combination on Saturday had never raced together. In addition to an injury on the boat, the Black and White had also brought up two new members to the varsity eight. Looking to this race as a warm-up for this new combination, the team hopes that come Eastern Sprints, the squad can find the speed that was lacking on Saturday.“There is a lot of potential to pull things together,” Martin said. “We know we have the speed, we just have...
Baroque as it was, that soap opera was merely a warm-up. On Oct. 16 Rumsfeld wrote a memo titled "Global War on Terrorism" that was quickly leaked to reporters. The memo, first reported by USA Today, reads like a report card for the Bush team since 9/11, and the marks aren't great. "We are having mixed results with al-Qaeda, although we have put considerable pressure on them--nonetheless, a great many remain at large ... we lack metrics to know if we are winning or losing the global war on terror. Are we capturing killing or deterring...
...make less than $80,000 a year. Next year, HFAI will address significantly more of these families’ financial needs, including the elimination of parental contribution for families earning under $60,000 a year. As impressive as this sounds, these initial 25 percent of families are the metaphorical warm-up jaunt through scrub brush and pine needles in anticipation of the difficult, rocky climb ahead...
...government oppresses during the movie are, in a certain historical sense, quaint. The high chancellor’s government killed almost one hundred thousand people? Amateurs! Even the half-baked Khmer Rouge killed over two million, while the Soviets would have considered a hundred thousand dead a mere warm-up. That we can not imagine the true scale of evil capable of being wrought by mankind is telling, far more telling than anything on display in “V for Vendetta.” Mark A. Adomanis ’07, a Crimson editorial editor, is a government concentrator...