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...Yes," he said smiling, "we have a lot of fingers in a lot of pies...
...weeks ago, something strange happened to me—I turned 20 years old. Yes, I know it’s one of those boring birthdays between 18 and 21 (I’m still legal but still not legal enough to drink!), but it seems like two decades of life should mean something. After all, I’m no longer a teen, so I guess my angst-ridden days are far behind me. I used to think that coming to college was supposed to mark my transition into adulthood, but in many ways, it feels like this college...
...yes. No question. This is the man who clinched the gold on Wednesday and bettered his winning run with a second drop-in featuring the daring, innovative and wow-inducing Double McTwist 1260. He didn't have to do it. But he did. Because he wanted to. Because it's the Olympics. Because that's the kind of competitor he is. (See pictures from the Vancouver Winter Olympics...
...yes, the quad. It's been a hot topic among skating fans this entire week - this entire season, really - as the arguments go back and forth over whether a quadruple jump of any kind is necessary in the men's program or amounts to nothing but showboating. Lysacek decided, coming into Vancouver, not to include one in his program; he tried it at the U.S. nationals in January and fell. But he's the only skater among the top competitors who made that decision, sparking all kinds of buzz among the skating cognoscenti about whether he was pushing the sport...
...that is why I now have a leather folio for my notepad. Yes, I am only going to use it for another week, at most. Yes, every time I flip open its gracefully manicured cover to write down “300 million * 0.25 = 75 million babies,” I look like not only a douche but also a fool. Yes, as it sits on the desk between my interviewer and me, its large gold Harvard logo is an awkward reminder of the only reason I got this interview. Yes, walking around with it is the equivalent of wearing...