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Like his ability to create team chemistry, Clark’s penchant for making influential game-time decisions stems from his love of soccer and dedication to studying...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: COACH OF THE YEAR: Jamie Clark | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...Adam B. Wheeler’s arraignment last week, Middlesex County Assistant District Attorney John C. Verner called Wheeler’s penchant for lying “pathological...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Analysis: Alleged Liar May Be 'Pathological' | 5/25/2010 | See Source »

Wheeler’s penchant for words is made apparent in an e-mail laden with thesaurus-worthy words that he sent to his fellow incoming transfer students at Harvard in September...

Author: By Xi Yu and Julie M. Zauzmer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Harvard Faker Calls Self "Sententious, Crypto-tendentious, Slightly Pedantic" | 5/18/2010 | See Source »

...title. At this point, Palahniuk proves he still has the incredible ability to build suspense and surprise his reader with twists, though the story moves toward a fairly predictable end, given his hints earlier in the novel. The book ends with Palahniuk’s penchant for the macabre, though there is a redeeming twist or two in a fashion typical of his writing...

Author: By Andrew F. Nunnelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Palahniuk Goes for Shock, Ends Up with Shlock | 4/27/2010 | See Source »

...courtyard, launch the evening at a cocktail reception in the JCR, and fly high at The Estate downtown. That club was a big hit last year during Quincy’s formal, so this should be entertaining—but with Kirkland’s notorious penchant for dormcest, well, prepare for trouble...

Author: By Sean Cuddihy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Let the Formals Begin! | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

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