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...lost seven straight games, attacked right from the beginning. Penn notched three shots on goal in the opening minutes, all of which were stopped by senior goaltender Kylie Stone. The Quakers finally broke through in the eighth minute when they gained a penalty corner, and on the ensuing play, Penn midfielder Margaretha Ehret gathered the ball at the top of the circle and ripped a shot that was heading just wide of the goal until teammate Laurel McGarvie tipped it past Stone and into the net. After falling behind early, Harvard (2-5, 1-1 Ivy) ratcheted up the pressure...
...Around the corner, dozens of people - many of them current and former Agriprocessors employeers - lined up for free canned and packaged goods at Postville's weekly food pantry. "I haven't seen a paycheck over $100 and it's my fifth week," says Darrell Hawkins, 46, a former forklift operator from Kentucky now working a "gutter" at Agriprocessors. (He removes turkey giblets.) A company spokesman, in an interview last week, vigorously denied any wrongdoing. Agriprocessors says it did not knowingly hire illegal immigrants or underage workers, claiming that minors had lied about their age to get jobs. And the company...
...floor was covered in sawdust, spit, tar, and drink. The Stable Boy’s eyes were some time in adjusting to the gloom. But, yes, there he was. It was hard to make him out in the tangle of fleshy limbs that occupied the loveseat in the far corner, but Oliver J. Swindleton had kept up his end of the agreement.“Ollie,” cried The Stable Boy. “I’ve got it. It’s time to go.”“Wot?” squeaked...
...such camper would virtually pine for a return to the contrived, queasy confines of any camp-like situation beguiles me. Flash back to the summer of 1998. Imagine Peter, my twenty-something camp counselor, struggling to silence a hot room full of rowdy pre-teens. Silently sitting in the corner, all I could think about, however, was how nothing—not even Counselor Peter’s inappropriately placed goatee—was ever going to convince me that mixing vinegar, yellow food coloring, and rocks could make “real” gold. Afternoon Alchemy...
...Harvard students and staff are not the only ones who are coming in and out of the neighborhood,” she said. “It doesn’t make sense to me to have all of these wonderful improvements stop at Barry’s Corner and then leave the rest of the neighborhood as it is.” Glavin reassured the audience that the city would ensure that the community would benefit from the University’s transportation improvements. “We need to see that Harvard is not only willing to build...