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...handed the team over to the freshman, and the Crimson have won six of seven ever since. During that time, Curry especially has excelled, increasing his 5.3-point average when coming off the bench to 11.6 points per game as a starter...
Each of the seniors was able to get points on the board, including McGeary, who came off the bench with 2 minutes left in the game and hit a technical free throw for his only point of the contest—and of the season...
Though having its leading scorer on the bench caused many of Harvard’s offensive woes, it was the 12 turnovers the Crimson amassed over the first half that allowed the Bears to stay in the game...
Opting for the mesob and bench combo over staid dinner chairs, my roommate and I were forced to devour our sweet-spicy red pepper-smothered chicken and smoked collards—my new go-to plates, no doubt—with only the injera’s help, elbows on thighs and food on our faces. As the couple behind us could attest, the vulnerability inherent in relishing such messy (if delicious) tucker perhaps makes Asmara more appropriate for close friends than first dates: while a nameless fellow diner gave her soiled companion a disinterested stank-eye, my roommate...
...characters are deceptively goofy. There’s the fly-infested beggar, the hunchbacked waiter, the snobbish French man, and the disproportionately small, white-haired nun nodding off at the next table. The scene is also deceptively simple: one bench in a French cafe and the outside world as reflected by the mirror behind it. But the snob has no money, the beggar is just as much a giver as he is a taker, and the old lady is not as saintly as she at first may seem...