Word: avoidable
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Kickoffs, Punts, and Other Things to Avoid: Morris' mistake started off a day special-teams probably want to forget. For one thing, Morris never returned another punt. In fact, nobody did. Lehigh punted a total of six times during the game, and the only punt touched was Morris' "return" of minus-3 yards...
...recalls the exact moment of her conversion. At age 13, while traveling in France with her family, Butts, a horse owner, accidentally ordered horsemeat from a restaurant menu. Though not versed in the differences between cheval and boeuf, she did manage to "figure it out in time" to avoid eating the burger. But something clicked. "It made sense then," she says. "There was no way I was going to eat the relatives of my horses...
...with a more intensive course on sex education, this does not replace the responsibility of parents to discuss these topics with their children. Sex education should start in the home and be supplemented in school. It's obviously an uncomfortable topic and one that parents may be eager to avoid, but it is vital that our children learn about it from multiple sources...
Harvard plays non-league contests against Northeastern and at Boston College in the next two Wednesdays, and an Ivy matchup against Yale at Jordan Field on Saturday, before the showdown against the Tigers the following weekend. The Crimson will have to avoid looking past any opponent and maintain its improved play in order to make a serious run at the Ivy crown...
...nearly unnoticed. By the end it had emerged as the festival's biggest surprise, and its heretofore unknown star, Colin Farrell, 24, had critics using words like "James Dean" to describe his performance as Bozz, a rebellious Texan recruit who helps his boot-camp buddies in Fort Polk, La., avoid Vietnam combat. A native of Dublin, Ireland, who dropped out of high school to study acting, Farrell had no trouble trading his Irish accent for Bozz's Texas drawl, but he's finding it hard to keep his briny tongue in check now that the press is paying attention...