Word: openly
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Despite having difficulties clearing the ball out of the defensive end, the Harvard backs won countless battles for loose balls and contested most shots. Though the Hawks reeled off eight attempts in the second half, the Harvard defense prevented many open looks, and sophomore goalkeeper Cheryl Gunther was forced to make just four saves in the game...
...weeks ago, Janet Pincus' father died. She had looked after him for 15 years, ever since her mother passed away. Pincus, now 54, had helped him through heart attacks, a pituitary tumor and gall-bladder surgery. Two days before he died, he drifted into consciousness long enough to open his arms to his daughter, rock her in them and make one request. "Just stay with me," he said. That was their last conversation. Since his death, Pincus has tried to keep occupied. In the quiet hours, after a day spent teaching kindergarten and before her husband gets home, she sinks...
...Board. Over the past 20 years, the Federal Aviation Administration has improved cabin safety by limiting the size of carry-on baggage, requiring nonflammable seat coverings and mandating reliable emergency-door operation. However, safety briefings are commonly ignored by passengers, over-wing emergency hatches (the ones likely to be opened by passengers rather than flight attendants) are often dangerously difficult to open, and smaller planes (fewer than 44 seats) are still not required to meet the standards of larger ones...
...time devising new recipes for the restaurant (a pear-based dessert for the fall menu is a current priority). She is also working on her first cookbook, The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern, to be published by Random House next fall. Her ultimate fantasy: to open "the great American bakery--whatever that is"--or, better yet, a restaurant that serves nothing but desserts...
Getting the Williams sisters more committed, though, might result in everyone else's playing for third place. Last month Venus, 20, skipped a week of classes to play the Generali Ladies Open in Austria, where her 35-match winning streak--including Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Olympics--was snapped in the finals by Lindsay Davenport. Serena, 19, who won the Princess Cup in Japan in early October, has jumped to No. 7 in the WTA rankings. Venus is ranked third, only because she missed the first five months of the year because of an injury. Since June...