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...approach—seven steps instead of the usual 10—the jump earned her a victory in the high jump. “It felt really good,” Christensen said. “I’ve never really taken full advantage of my full approach, so for me it wasn’t really a surprise for me to do well with just seven steps. But hopefully I can work on using my full approach more this season to get higher jumps.” Senior Brittan Smith finished a very competitive women?...
...this is an earnest of Soderbergh's doggedly naturalistic, antidramatic approach here, which is admirable but enervating. The conflicts are almost entirely between Che and his men, between the platoon and their forest environment. Spending up to a year in the jungles of either Cuba or Bolivia, the soldiers seem trapped in some tropical Blair Witch Project, stripped of the scary bits. And forgive me for asking, but with all these young men separated from their girlfriends for such a long time, why (with one rapacious exception) do they never express any interest in women? The movie lets you infer...
...members’ own words, “The Clash” has inherent advantages over a band biography written by a third party. Joe Strummer and his bandmates are giving their recollections of events in one take—with the same spontaneity that characterized their approach to recording. Consequently, “The Clash” has a sort of directness and intimacy that makes for a compelling read. Frontman Joe Strummer has a natural charisma and penchant for the anthemic that stands out even on the printed page. On his participation in the Notting Hill Riot, Strummer...
...Though each has a different setting and plot, they are all connected by a common cast. Despite the distinct qualities of the characters in the different pieces, Bohrer found that some cast members suited themselves to similar roles in all three. Bohrer’s acting experience informed his approach to writing. “I wanted to write characters that were fun for actors to play,” he says. He drew on Harvard theater veterans and newcomers alike for his cast. “James [M.] Leaf [’10] and Julia [T.] Havard...
...McInturff contended that even as McCain chose not to engage the Wright issue out of principle, a more aggressive approach would have offered little upside. The demographic groups that McCain was losing in the polls, including voters between the ages of 18 and 30, were likely to be turned off by Wright attacks. The context of the entire campaign, McInturff said, was a national math that did not favor McCain at any point. He said he told the candidate that the "happy scenario" was for McCain to narrowly win the Electoral College and lose the popular vote by about...