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...want to go out on a limb and be overly enthusiastic, but this is the most depth I've seen since I've been here," Berhard said. "The freshman are unreal, and we have a ton of returning players...

Author: By Eric R. French, | Title: Baseball Fields Team With Depth, Experience | 3/22/1995 | See Source »

However, I'm going to go out on a limb and not follow that wisdom. I'm gonna say that even though Harvard has That Streak, if you look at each of the losses separately, none of them are that abysmal...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Thoughts On Hoops | 2/2/1995 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 1/18/1995 | See Source »

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, meanwhile, is still dodging political volleys from domestic opponents of the intervention. One notable exception: ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who today said: "If you have gangrene, you have to amputate the limb."Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS . . . | 12/13/1994 | See Source »

...going to go out on a limb and make two assertions. The first is that politicians are not as bad as we think. Sure, some are corrupt, but the majority aren't, and the simple fact is that politicians work for much less money than most of them could make in the private sector. In fact, i'd be willing to bet that most politicians are really trying to do a good job and serve their constituents well. Their motivation for doing so may be questionable (are they idealistic or simply power-hungry?), but I think that given the chance...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: Re-Examining Politics | 11/28/1994 | See Source »

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