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While Farrar insists that the first-round match could be competitive, Offsay has Camels’ head coach J.J. Addison worried. Addison, who graduated from the same high school as Offsay, is aware of the hole set’s strong water polo background and offensive prowess...
Students, however, give the background music mixed reviews. “We tried to play Oasis on the grill’s jukebox and then it automatically started playing the Supremes for like a half an hour—which was overdose,” complains Molinoff...
During the 1940s, in the midst of the China’s social turmoil and revolution, the Skiotis family returned to Greece. Despite his impoverished background, Skiotis’ mother “infused him with his educational drive,” said Trumpbour...
During the 1940s, in the midst of the China’s social turmoil and revolution, the Skiotis family returned to Greece. Despite his impoverished background, Skiotis’ mother “infused him with his educational drive,” said Trumpbour...
...Aztecs' harsh nature pervades the show, for which the Guggenheim has swathed the walls of its famous spiral ramp in black felt as a somber background. Early on, one encounters the splendid and somewhat hair-raising clay sculpture known as the Eagle Warrior, circa 1440-69, staring down from a shelf 6 ft. off the floor, as if on a ledge to surprise his enemies. Not far behind him looms the grisly god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli, circa 1480, his rib cage exposed and his liver hanging out. The pair encapsulates some of the dualities that created a dynamic tension...