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...also right in his choice of words. People like Cho are indeed only seemingly powerful. In an open culture with cheap and plentiful guns, any fool can kill a lot of people. For all the loss and suffering such a shooting sparks, it is in fact a weak and furtive act, one that masquerades as a gesture of sublime power but is really an act of confusion and cowardice. The very purpose of the murders, Welner explains, is to give the shooter the last word. Unfortunately, what he says when he at last has that chance to be heard...
...When the president of the university stood to talk he received a standing ovation. He said, "Words are weak symbols of our feelings at times like this." Governor Tim Kaine spoke effectively. When he said nothing could make up for losing a son or daughter, the wife of the lonely couple broke down quietly again. Kaine introduced Bush as a man who knows that one of his jobs is to provide comfort in times of crisis. And the President took the podium...
...skin is dark. Ana Luisa, horrified, and fearful of being ostracized by her rich friends, blames José Carlos for having had black ancestors. Now would seem to be the time to tell Ana Luisa where she came from; but the doctor says her heart is too weak to take a severe shock. "I wish I could say it were my fault," the new father says of his baby girl. "Then I could proudly say she is from my black blood." Instead he promises Mercé he will keep silent: "You made a sacrifice for your daughter...
...struck out the heart of the Bulldogs’ order on nine pitches. After Harvard picked up a run in the bottom of the frame to regain the four-run advantage, Perlman fanned two more in the seventh, with the second out of the inning coming on a weak dribbler to the mound. “He was just pounding the zone and doing everything he had to do, and I thought he did a really good job,” Walsh said. “He’s in total control of himself, in control of his pitches...
...junior co-captain Lauren Snyder said. “She was really pumped up and really excited.” The Crimson set itself up for success by applying a tight press on the Utica attackers. The pressure forced the Pioneers to make poor decisions and weak passes that led to turnovers and steals by the Harvard defenders. Mueller set the pace for the Crimson defensively, recording five steals in the game. “Last week we had been practicing really hard on doing a really solid press, and that really showed,” Snyder said. The strong...