Word: stretch
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...these hours if there’s enough food to feed a crowd. The existing coffee bar’s setup only allows for café-style drinks and cold dishes—no pizza ovens or deep fryers here—so the culinary enticement will have to stretch beyond oil. And a little music in the all-purpose room next door wouldn’t hurt, either—not the Loker jukebox version 2.0, but live bands, be they smaller local acts, or, better yet, student bands, that will bring the built-in crowds of their friends...
...strangeness that contrasts with the traditional perception of Chekhov as a realist. Although the choice to stylize the text in this way is interesting, the embellishments can become so far-fetched that the work becomes inaccessible. At these times, Lupa seems more interested in seeing how far he can stretch the work in absurdist directions than in carefully coaxing sympathy for the characters, or at least an understanding of their desperation. Thus, while technically fascinating, Lupa’s “Three Sisters,” unfortunately, tends to be bogged down by its own cleverness...
...Thus far this season, embarrassing losses have lit fires under the Crimson skaters. Early-November defeats at the hands of Quinnipiac and Cornell were followed by a 4-0-1 run. Two of those wins and the tie came against top-15 opponents. And then in an early-December stretch of three games in five days, Harvard lost to conference whipping boy Yale, only to down Quinnipiac and shut out then-No. 9 New Hampshire. But the Crimson won’t play again until it travels for a pair of contests against the No. 9 University of North Dakota...
...claim its fifth consecutive win. What has plagued the Crimson in each of its six previous losses—poor shooting from the field and too many turnovers—again proved fatal on Saturday. Harvard trailed all game save for a 50-second stretch late in the second half, and the Red Foxes scored 16 points off of 20 Crimson turnovers. Marist built a 24-18 halftime lead in a game lacking any sustained offense and built a 35-23 lead behind an 11-5 run to open the second frame. The Red Foxes capitalized on four Crimson turnovers...
...can’t have it both ways. If you’re going to go for steals and generate turnovers, you’re not going to have a low field-goal percentage defense.” The Blackbirds came no closer than six down the stretch, 79-73, before freshman point guard Drew Housman and junior guard Jim Goffredo combined for an 8-0 run that sealed the deal. Long Island forward Eugene Kotorbai nailed a three from the top of the arc with just over six minutes left in the game...