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...three matchups against NJIT (4-3, 0-1) this season, the Crimson played its best in the opening frame of the match. Despite posting only 11 kills, Harvard stayed within striking distance of the Highlanders but fell just short of victory, losing 31-29.From that point on, NJIT continued to pick up momentum. Though the Highlanders hit at a meager .050 clip in the first game, they raised their level of play in the next two frames, taking advantage of Harvard’s mistakes and attacking at rates of .286 and .467, respectively.“They got back...
...without limbs, with horrid burns, with brain damage, all of them dealing with the psychological scars of war. Braddock is just one of at least 345 who have had amputations--a higher rate per injury than in any other modern U.S. war. Most survivors, like Braddock, are left to pick up the pieces of their lives out of public view. But last month's roadside bomb attack on ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt put the war and the fate of the wounded back in the headlines--and more important, in our thoughts...
...pick your statistics. Mine are that the U.S. leads the world by an immense margin in just about every measure of intellectual and technological achievement: Ph.D.s, patents, peer-reviewed articles, Nobel Prizes. But in the end, it's the culture, stupid. The economy follows culture, and American culture is today, as ever, uniquely suited for growth, innovation and advancement...
...from her scarlet AI. Her debut album, Thankful, chugged to double-platinum status while the thoroughly enjoyable follow-up, Breakaway, has sold 5 million copies, spawned four Top 10 hits and earned Clarkson, 23, a prime performance slot at the Grammys this Wednesday. (If justice prevails, she'll also pick up awards in her two nominated categories, Best Pop Vocal and Pop Vocal Album...
...floor and 5-of-7 from the line. More impressive was her composure against the League’s other top freshman, Cornell’s Jeomi Maduka, an athletic forward with a quick first step and a drive-first mentality. Despite the two early fouls, Rollins did not pick up her third until 3:12 remained in the second half—a stretch during which she scored 12 of her career-high 19 points and held the explosive Maduka to five.“I was pretty angry after the first half [with the foul trouble...