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...Americans are blissfully liberated from the weight of such history. When we become passionate about international football, we have the luxury of choosing our allegiances, of falling in love with whichever club suits us best. This freedom means that you will never tether yourself to an eternally hopeless bottom-dwelling club - unless that's your masochistic bent. You can pick a club that squares with your identity - be it gritty and hardworking, or champagne flash. This was, indeed, a beautiful freedom ? until this month. I had adopted two European clubs as my own, watched their games every weekend, wasted work...
...would mean a lot to get the victory over Princeton,” lightweight co-captain Sarah Bates said. “And we’ve done all the preparation we can to make this happen.”The preparation has been intense from top to bottom. The improved depth of the lightweight squad will put the team in the running for the Willing Point Trophy, which is awarded to the best overall team on the river. With a deeper program giving Radcliffe a novice eight and two lightweight fours in addition to its varsity four, the trophy...
...pursue politics and direct service might argue that this line of thinking lets those who choose business or finance careers over more obviously service-oriented careers off too easily. But letting them off too easily would be to expect nothing more of them than an unfeeling pursuit of the bottom line. Whether or not we are adequately serving our nation and world is not a question conclusively answered at the career fair; it’s a question that must be asked and answered every day in every career...
...When it turned out that a new staircase in the dining hall was allowing mice to enter the House, O’Connor, working with Alpert and the Best Pest Company, screened over ventilation gates at the bottom of the stairs...
...hospitals are having to lay off staff because they've overspent; many doctors and nurses say the NHS is badly run. Meanwhile, Blair is pushing to let state schools have greater autonomy, which traditional Labour MPs think will lead to sharply unequal quality and hurt those at the bottom of the social ladder...