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...playmaker,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “He’s smart. He doesn’t overwhelm people with his size or his speed necessarily, but he seems to be in the right spot at the right time...
Although The Incredibles’ elaborate action sequences can sometimes overwhelm an at-best weak storyline, it is well enough presented that the audience never loses interest. The creators of Finding Nemo don’t live up to the glory of their previous work, but The Incredibles is an enjoyable romp with a contagious sense...
...different packages—up to 16 different combinations—and requires memorization and repetition. Bryant also had to adjust to the increased speed and athleticism of the college game. Compound that introduction with a slew of injuries to veteran players, and it’s enough to overwhelm any true freshman—no matter his wingspan...
Month by month, though, Hurlbert's case collected dents from a series of court foul-ups and from Bryant's big-league defense team, which seemed to overwhelm the locals. The crushing blow may have come on July 23, when Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Terry Ruckriegle ruled that Bryant's lawyers could ask the alleged victim about her sex life during a 72-hour window surrounding the incident. Getting her to admit to having had sex with another man before her encounter with Bryant would allow the defense to cast doubt on physical evidence that Bryant had forced himself...
...remains his nation's best hope when it comes to getting tens of thousands of fiction-glutted Indians to read something mind broadening. The next announcement by Amitav Ghosh that he has a new novel to present to his countrymen?with multitudes of unexpected data tucked inside, ready to overwhelm even the most information-resistant reader with a sense of the magic of facts?will rank as the most important event in India's literary calendar that year...