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Life on Mars? NASA got us all excited about apparent signs of life found on a Martian meteor. But apparently they weren't bugs, just a feature...
...were getting outhustled," Walsh said. "Our defensive zone coverage was awful, we were playing with the puck too long, and people weren't sticking to their marks. We weren't making smart decisions...
...these statements weren't enough, I directly address Adair's question about academic interviews. I explicitly praise the Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70 for saying, "This is a place open to talent... we don't get hung up on irrelevant attributes." The point is this: if I were Adair's interviewer, I would never have asked her, "Do you have a boyfriend?" It is a rude question to ask anyone, whatever his or her sexual orientation. It has nothing to do with Adair's academic performance, and nothing to do with her qualifications for the scholarship...
...same thing Hollywood does--an all-American beer-drinking dude, with an appealing self-assurance. The 27-year-old actor's gambling strategy was to raise, raise, raise--an approach that suited a wealthy young man whose annual salary just went north of $1 million, but whose cards weren't what you'd call a sure thing. Long after lower-paid mortals folded, Damon continued to bet like a winner; he'd arrived at the table with $200 and left only $20 poorer, which of course did nothing to deter the amiable grin that rarely leaves his soon...
When they weren't swimming, Harvard's divers contributed with impressive performances on the boards as they battled against the Huskies' diving all-American, Cindy Peterson. Although Peterson proved unbeatable, breaking the pool record in the 3 meter, the Crimson qualified four more athletes for the regional NCAA qualifiers...