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...prone to touching strangers randomly and shouting insults like "Eat me Mister Dicky-weed!" becoming a detective is probably not the most obvious career move. Case in point: Lionel Essrog, a Brooklyn P.I. who can't shoot a gun but can spend the better part of a stakeout obsessing over the numerical integrity of his meal (six White Castle burgers at 6:45). He's got Tourette's syndrome and--by the end of the first chapter of Jonathan Lethem's Motherless Brooklyn (Doubleday; 311 pages; $23.95)--a dead boss on his hands...
...Weed took control of the ball in the middle of the Quaker zone and found herself open with a clear line to the net. She boomed a shot that curved left past the outstretched arms of Hunt...
...Weed] has the ability to hit from [the outside]," Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "We've been talking to her about looking for offensive chances. And even beyond the goal I thought that this was one of her better days...
...Weed's goal was fitting for a Crimson team that has relied heavily on the play of its freshmen, with the graduation of several seniors last year. Weed, Yenne, and freshman forward Beth Totman have been vital to the Crimson attack, creating many scoring chances both in Saturday's game and throughout the season...
...Weed's goal served as somewhat of a wake-up call for Harvard, as the Crimson came out re-energized after the score. Harvard continued to be the more aggressive team, and it created several chances to score in the final minutes of regulation...