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...sometimes precious social experiment with an eclectic group of youth. The second was packed with annoying prima donnas dying to break into show biz. Who wants to watch a cast of 16 scheming Richards--or worse, 16 Gregs, whipping out coconut phones (eucalyptus phones?) in hopes of becoming breakout stars...
Then there's breakout star Steve Irwin of The Crocodile Hunter, who captures everything delightful and dodgy about Animal Planet. A personable Australian with Barney Rubble-esque good looks, Irwin trots the globe to wrestle crocs and dangle poisonous snakes by the tail, evading bite after bite, narrating breathlessly and popeyed as if reading a scary story to a three-year-old. ("G'day, and welcome to the Dah-h-hk Continent!") His antics give kids--an A.P. target audience--an educational alternative to Dragon Ball Z, and he offers a conservationist message. But his show's lessons are pretty...
...story for Friday night should have been the breakout of captain Steve Moore. Instead, some poor Harvard decisions in the third period turned the spotlight to its penalty killing unit, and it shined in a game that was a lot closer than it should have been...
...Crimson made up some of those points on the strength of a breakout performance by Tekky Andrew-Jaja. The freshman surprised everyone with second place finishes in the high jump and triple jump, including a personal best 14.41 meters in the latter event...
...Breakout performances by two freshmen and a failed rally were not enough to save the Harvard women's basketball team last night as it lost 70-67 to a scrappy Central Connecticut State...