Word: prowess
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...angel. Like Rodriguez, the Los Angeles Laker guard stops you in your tracks when he's on TV. The twisting layups, fadeaway jumpers - he's simply Jordan-esque. So it's a shame he makes it practically impossible to focus on and fully appreciate his athletic prowess. Here's a guy who might have won five or more titles by now if he could just share the spotlight - and the ball. But back in 2004, he pushed Shaquille O'Neal out of Tinseltown and got a max money contract, $136.4 million over seven years. And now that the Lakers haven...
...those games, beating the Martlets 3-2 and 5-3. Vaillancourt tallied four goals and two assists in the the preseason tune-up as well. Last season Vaillancourt finished with 56 points, leading the Crimson with 30 goals. While there is little doubt about Harvard’s offensive prowess, the Crimson will have to clean up its defense this weekend. During the exhibition games, Harvard’s defensive zone was not very cohesive. “I think the things that trouble me are how the goals that were scored on our side materialized—bad changes...
...tracks like “Zoloft” or “The HIV Song.” Ween has turned from pitching out pleasurable bunk and shrewd criticism to basically just compiling drivel. On a redeeming note, “La Cucaracha” does emphasize the musical prowess of this tireless group of oddballs. Though their foray into reggae in “The Fruit Man” is somewhat drab, they show themselves as masterful mimics of the country music style in “Learnin’ to Love” and channel such artists...
...last and worst problem with the WIB t-shirt motto is that it implicitly associates female professionals with high heels, and this constitutes quite a sexualized image. This association devalues the other aspects of female professionalism, such as brainpower, organizational abilities, and corporate prowess. Successful women don’t all wear kitten heels, after all—Harvard’s own Drew Faust appears to be quite a fan of flats...
Money from the private sector could help fill that gap, but there is more than one way to get it. Deals like the Chicago Skyway and Indiana Toll Road, which lease existing assets, may tap the private sector's operating prowess and political immunity in raising tolls, but critics see them as long-term mortgages to solve short-term fiscal problems. "People are giving public-private partnership a bad name by running around the countryside trying to entice cash-strapped states and municipalities to participate in these monetizations," says Tim Carson, vice chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike commission...