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...first World Series game. She commented that, to her surprise, she "got nostalgic when [she] saw the real old players because the sight stirred in [her] various emotions, even though [she] is not a baseball fan really and doesn't think that it's that important in the scheme of things." Yet, she continued, there was something "so poignant about...
However, I take issue with her statement that "it's not all that important in the scheme of things." I could approach this as a philosophical argument (after all, what really is important in the scheme of things?), but I'll leave that to the philosophy concentrators out there. No, the importance of baseball lies in its unique power...
...placate those neighbors, in 1998 Harvard unveiled an alternate plan. This scheme, which is still the one on the table, would begin by demolishing Coolidge Hall, as well as the University Information Services (UIS) building across Cambridge Street...
Crenshaw completed 21-of-40 passes for 242 yards. Princeton may have lacked confidence in its running attack because of starting running back Derek Thiesen's suspension due to an NCAA violation. Another part of the reason for the glut of passing was probably the Crimson's defensive scheme...
...million in 1997 to an estimated $15 million this year. More important, Rumpus represents the kind of fun-first, marketing-second approach to toymaking that has become alien to America's corporate giants Mattel and Hasbro, which together control about 30% of the toy business. The corporations instead scheme to recoup their nine-figure licensing fees for movie characters by filling the pipeline with action figures...