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That—combined with the team’s improving if unspectacular defense, led by the steadying influence of senior captain Pete Capouch—proved that the Crimson could beat any team in the ECAC and compete with nonconference powers as well...
...newest film from the writer/director of The 6th Sense and Unbreakable, Signs stars Mel Gibson as a man whose life is changed after a 500 hundred foot design mysteriously appears in his crops. Hopefully Signs will be an improvement on Unbreakable, giving us a satisfying if unspectacular movie going experience...
...premise of the joke was not bad, and it was fairly well-executed by whoever its writer was—all in all a reasonably funny, if somewhat unspectacular, attempt at humor by the YDN. Much more intriguing about the joke, however, is what it seems to say about how some Yalies view the world. In Jokes and Their Relations to the Unconscious, Freud points out that jokes tend to reflect inner desires, fears, wishes, and the like. What desires, fears and wishes does this joke seem to indicate exist in the collective unconscious of Yale?...
Ammann's career had been unspectacular until last December, when he took two second places and two thirds in World Cup contests. An injury during training in January forced him off the World Cup tour for three weeks. After last week's success, the jumper, who could win the Harry Potter lookalike contest, said, "I felt I could be among the top people. But I didn't imagine it would be possible to win." Winning is something he obviously has to get used...
...were solid but unspectacular across the board,” Shevchik said...