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Ahead 2-1 early in the second quarter, the Crimson took over the game with a string of six consecutive goals spanning into the second half...
After two quick goals by junior midfielder Casey Owens gave the Crimson a 2-0 lead for the opening 10 minutes of the contest, the Bulldogs ran off a string of six straight goals, holding Harvard scoreless for the remainder of the first half. The frame was punctuated, ironically, by a heartbreaking unassisted drive by Whitman—her second goal of the game—to put Yale up 5-2 with just 51 ticks remaining on the clock...
Some students supported the 24-hour shuttle schedule because of safety concerns raised by this fall’s string of gropings...
What happened to the best political team the G.O.P. had seen in years? The fiasco over the President's selection of Raimondo was just the latest in a string of miscues. White House officials insist that the nomination collapsed because a Senator in Raimondo's home state did not approve of him. Plus, they say, they were prepared to show how Raimondo's company actually created jobs in the U.S. by going to China. A former Administration official counters, "You're not supposed to nominate people to such a sensitive post with a big asterisk that you have to explain...
Polish has its place, however, and Chang-rae Lee's majestic, moving novel Aloft (Riverhead; 343 pages) reminds us why. The hero of Aloft is Jerry Battle: 59, semi-retired after a long and successful career as a landscaper, with money to burn and the world on a string. Jerry works part time at a travel agency, but just to keep busy. His handsome son runs the family business; his lovely daughter is getting married. For kicks he takes his little three-seater Cessna up to fly around in circles over suburban Long Island. Life is swell...