Word: though
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Even though she played only 22 minutes a game, Freeman averaged six points a game and was second on the team with 44 steals. Helping Freeman and Kinnear in the backcourt will be senior Samantha Berdinka and sophomore Kerri Downs, who led the state of Massachusetts in scoring as a hotly recruited high school senior...
...Even though Columbia has little chance of winning the Ivies, don't be surprised if the Lions foil the postseason plans of a few other teams in the league...
Despite having difficulties clearing the ball out of the defensive end, the Harvard backs won countless battles for loose balls and contested most shots. Though the Hawks reeled off eight attempts in the second half, the Harvard defense prevented many open looks, and sophomore goalkeeper Cheryl Gunther was forced to make just four saves in the game...
...Though friends and family are frequently lumped together in research measuring the link between health and social support, they are distinct and separate in real life. The chief difference? "You choose your friends, but you're stuck with your family" is how an adolescent might put it. That's good news and bad news for friendship. "Friends don't make the demands that family members do. Friends generally won't be asked to give money or nursing care," says sociologist Jan Yager, author of Friendshifts. "They are probably going to mainly have fun together." On the other hand, she notes...
...Though the number of friends may dwindle as we age, it seems our pleasure in them grows. Reason: "People become more selective and get better at knowing the kind of people they like and don't like," says Stanford psychology professor Laura Carstensen. "And they steer away from those they don't care...