Word: pulling
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...spin the war might have tried to spin the prosecutor. "Lying was a remarkable act of stupidity on Libby's part," says Richard Nixon's former White House counsel John Dean. "He's old enough to know better. He watched Watergate and Iran-contra. To try to pull the leg of the grand jury was really quite remarkable...
...wasn't until this spring--22 years later--that Farmer, now 46, made it to Africa. He was invited by the Clinton Foundation and the government of Rwanda to do for this tiny East African country, still trying to pull itself together after 1994's genocide, what he and his team had done for Haiti...
...Freshman cornerback Andrew Berry missed his second game of the year due to a shoulder injury that continues to plague him. Berry, who played quarterback in high school, stepped right into the starting lineup at the beginning of the season after senior Gary Sonkur went down with a hamstring pull. Opposing offenses have targeted Berry all year as opposed to going after the more experienced Keith Howell on the other side of the field. The freshman has managed to hold his own and has consistently avoided getting burned on big plays. “It’s a very...
...going. Coming into Friday’s matchup against Princeton, the Crimson was 0-8 in the Ivy League, 3-15 overall. Despite pushing the Tigers (14-6, 5-4 Ivy) to extra points in the second frame and winning the third game, Harvard was unable to pull out the victory, losing 3-1 (30-15, 31-29, 32-34, 30-26) at the Malkin Athletic Center. With another loss tacked on to the Crimson’s record, things looked grim to the casual observer.Harvard continues to push forward, however, taking the positives out of Friday?...
...last weekend.Cornell’s defense, however, is leaps and bounds better than that of Harvard and Brown. Whereas Princeton matched the latter two squads yard-for-yard, the same probably won’t happen against the Big Red. Cornell won’t be able to pull off the road upset, but keeping it within nine isn’t too much to ask.—Staff writer Michael R. James can be reached at mrjames@fas.harvard.edu...