Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...with his pregnant wife and sick son (concern for whose welfare does not keep Mackey from trying to have Shane and his wife whacked). Another Strike Team member is dead, murdered by Shane for fear he might squeal. And Mackey is almost completely estranged from his kids, who along with his ex-wife--whom he's made complicit in his cover-ups--stand to be ruined if he goes down...
...course, freshman Matt Hanson has been a revelation. A runaway Rookie of the Year candidate, Hanson is tied for the league-lead with four interceptions and, along with Barker, is second in total passes defended with...
...it’s all about improvisation.Last season, this translated into numerous starting fives, with Amaker trying, fruitlessly, to find his masterpiece. It never came, as Harvard posted two separate, crippling seven-game losing streaks en route to an abysmal 8-22 record on the year. The team, along with its coach, will look to find an answer this year.“There’s been such a culture of losing surrounding this program for such a long time. People feel that this is Harvard, we shouldn’t be winning,” senior guard Drew...
...restrictions meant to be overcome. The interactions between theater and life also occupies a central place in this universe. Étienne spent 10 years working on the French experimental theater scene, and she seems to have taken from it an appreciation for the raw emotions of the stage along with the viewpoint that all of our lives are performances. In one poem about a day on the road, she writes: “Costumes that one irons, hangs up on hangers. / Scenery one dismantles and hacks up with an axe. / Mirrors without reflections. / There are actors. Entrances, exits. / Curtain...
...anything to get just a few inches closer to their counselor. But, as the narrator asks at the beginning of the video, who is this Dr. M. Skinner? I am inclined to believe that he is a man of saintly, almost Christ-like greatness. As he strides along the dark stage, his gleaming face illuminates the lecture hall. When he paces through the rows of pupils, his charisma is almost overwhelming. At times one can even fancy a halo beaming around his head. Too bad the blinding light of Skinner’s presence blocks out the Powerpoint presentation behind...