Word: plain
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...Crimson (2-1-0, 2-1-0) must sift through its first three games—through a sporadic mix of precision and sloppiness, of pinpoint execution and absolute inability to convert. En route to its early record, Harvard outskated Dartmouth 5-2, outfought Princeton 2-1 and just plain could not execute against Quinnipiac in a 5-2 loss. Tomorrow against the Big Red (3-1-0, 2-0-0) and Saturday versus the Raiders (5-1-1, 2-0-0) “we’re going to need our best,” as captain Peter...
...Sears Holding Corp. and a former federal prosecutor, never talked at the office about the fact that she is an ordained Baptist minister. "It's the same reason you don't wear dreads or let slip some slang," she says. "As a minority executive, you want to be plain vanilla. You don't want them to know you're struggling with child-care issues. You don't want to take vacations. You don't want to give them anything to suggest you're different, you can't cut it, you can't perform or that you aren't committed...
...behavior, and the failure of the U.S. or Europe to do anything effective to stop the killing, helped subvert the idea that the world had made much progress toward the higher brain. The feckless sighing and the elaborate international shrugs that masked themselves as realism were somehow worse than plain indifference. It was against all the usual inclinations of the war devils that these four men took what must be the first step in the metaphysics of peace: they recognized the other's existence. They crossed the line from the primitive intransigences of blood/color/tribe to the logic of tolerance...
...performing at TT The Bear’s Place to herald the release of their debut CD, The Freezing Atlantic, featuring the radio single “God is Going to Get Sick of Me.” Why Twist the Hair opens at 9:15 p.m. with The Plain Janes and the Bon Savants playing at 10:15 and 11:15. T.T. The Bear’s Place. 12:15 a.m. Tickets available through Ticketmaster or at the door, $9. (DFH)Babaloo. Babaloo is releasing their latest CD, Babaloo International, with an 18+ alternative rock concert, partying, and dancing...
...Harvard. When they remind others of your greatness, it is an act of love. By denying them, you’re displaying winner’s or victor’s guilt. You’ve succeeded in name-branding yourself as intellectual, or, just plain lucky. At any rate, better. By whinging, you dishonor your parents, yourself, and the entire Mid-West. Stop assuming a position of mental authority over these fawning, square state, mock turtleneck wearers. Instead, grasp real power. For ideas, watch Mean Girls and learn from Regina. Or watch Sophie’s Choice. Like, this...