Word: booing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...movies, The Sorcerer?s Stone (2001) and The Chamber of Secrets (2002), may have appealed to a fascination with the capricious machinery of meta-natural laws at Hogwarts school. The movies? spookiness was a Halloween trick (or, if they liked it, treat) - the equivalent of a mischievous uncle shouting Boo! on the other side of the door. Just what you?d expect from director Chris Columbus, whose notion of childhood stretches from funny-scary (he directed Home Alone) to scary-funny (he scripted the evil-kids-on-the-rampage Gremlins...
...instructed the audience, including parents visiting for freshman weekend, to “get up and dance.” The audience on Saturday night was vocal and energetic when they enjoyed acts, but if a performer failed to please, the sold-out auditorium resounded with boos, at which point the “Sandman,” a post filled this year by Jay R. Lundy ‘09, ran on stage with a broom to sweep away the offending act. “Sure, everyone’s nervous, even if they know their act is good...
...nabe, a rich stew, then promptly go to sleep. But size ultimately matters less than technique--there are 70 moves a wrestler can use to get his opponent out of the ring. "I'm a pusher, a thruster," says Kaleo, who fights for Japan. "I come out like a boo rush." An all-American sumo to watch is Yale graduate and math teacher Kena Heffernan. "He's a very exciting wrestler but not that big," says Yonezuka. "Only...
...want her on my squad," says Lisa O'Bryant, who supervises cheerleaders at St. Pius. O'Bryant has brought in independent judges so that tryouts don't devolve into popularity contests. "The majority of my girls are probably popular, but I also have a handful who don't say boo at school...
...Harris says, "emotional reactions discouraged. The funny thing is, you know how to play the best when you can no longer play at all. Even watching games now, the emotions of football flow through me, but I'm still in my mind a thinking football player. People around me boo and cheer and really don't understand." When no penalty befell Lambert, the Steelers soared, the Cowboys slumped. It struck Harris as a betrayal of ideals, and yet he was consolable later. "You have something to look forward to only if you do lose. After one that...