Word: stroke
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...little known in the United States, though Bob LeFlambeur, released here in the ?80s, about robbing the take at a Deauville casino, is the greatest heist movie I?ve ever seen. It is more than an irony - it is a great sadness - that Melville died suddenly of a stroke when he was only 55 years old. Still, he left behind a small, coherent body of work, in which hard, seemingly dispassionate men do their dirty work slowly and quietly and hint at deeper, possibly softer thoughts only through a shadowed glance that we can?t be entirely certain we caught...
...Film Villain. For a bad guy, M:i:III has Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose Owen Davian is surprisingly unmannered. He does not twirl a mustache or stroke a cat; he?s just a bad dude in a worse mood, simmering and glowering. Does Hoffman class up the film or lower its temperature? Argue both sides...
...ball.“We certainly had momentum coming into the finish,” Yu said, “and it just seemed like we didn’t go early enough and came up short. We should have had more initiative and focus in the first strokes of the race.”The second varsity race provided the only bright spot for the Crimson on Saturday, as Harvard returned to its winning ways in a dominant open-water win over both crews. The Crimson took the inside lane off the staggered start, its boat positioned four seats...
...meter mark this season, but a formidable, undefeated second varsity from Northeastern posed the most direct threat to Harvard’s undefeated dual record. “We were prepared for that—we knew it as going to be a hard race,” sophomore stroke George Kitovitz said. “But I guess we came out on top.”The second varsity did indeed finish first, and Harvard did so once again in a triumphant, dominant fashion. But first, Harvard suffered a slight blow that no training or preparation could have prevented...
...better every year, and this year was the first year where he really took charge.” “I think we’ll need a lot of sophomore and freshman help,” he added. Shore had the team’s lowest stroke average in the fall season and will be counted on for consistently strong production next year. Christensen also saw action in a significant number of events this year, giving hope that sophomore help may well be available. Despite graduating, Hynes doesn’t seem concerned for the future...