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...know how to swim. But, as she looked up to the bright glimmer of the setting sun, she continued to walk on as though her feet were buoyed up by the water.The river, it must be admitted, was somewhat shallow. Nonetheless, Frederick seemed to be managing to drown. So as the sun sparkled with full force upon the surface of the water, Roxanna dove down and her hands found Frederick of their own volition and she pulled him up. His face was even waxier and paler than it usually was, but she had been in time. He coughed weakly...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 12 | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...oldest student political organization at Harvard, has its own plan for the future, starting with a “Drown Your Sorrows” Party, according to its president, Colin J. Motley...

Author: By Emily J. Hogan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Preemptive Strikes On Political Apathy | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

This Tuesday will be the first time most Harvard undergraduates are able to vote in a presidential election. For us and others our age, that fact alone makes this presidential election revolutionary. Yet all the attention paid to our generation’s enthusiasm threatens to drown out an even more potent reality—that Barack Obama is himself a transformative leader, not only because he proposes new policies, but because he will restore the promise of government that Americans have all but forgotten under George W. Bush...

Author: By Eva Z. Lam, Elise X. Liu, and William Weingarten | Title: Restoring the Promise of Good Government | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

...several of your closest friends had to drown, what liquid would you like...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coke (Coca-Cola) Kills (Sperm) | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...falls apart. “Midnight in the City of Destruction” has pretensions towards being a damning indictment of the Bush administration, but its fury is more bizarre than infectious. At one point Morello sings, “I pray that God himself will come and drown the President if the levees break again,” yet he spends much of the song filling space with pointless “la, la, las,” which leads to a rather confused message. Given the complete lack of melody offered by either Morello’s guitar...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

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