Word: box
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...flurry of Princeton advances late—13 of his 33 saves came in the third period—and made the lead stand up. The high number of penalties was the lone blemish on an otherwise solid showing for Harvard. The Crimson sent a player to the box nine times and suffered a sequence of five straight penalties midway through the second period. Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 cited the hands-off officiating in the Beanpot as a potential cause of the Crimson’s lack of discipline Friday, but offered no excuses...
...windiest of days, and her softly tailored suits and dresses (usually in Tory blue) rarely showed a wrinkle. Always a good speechmaker, she sharpened her delivery during the campaign by using an electronic prompting device, something relatively new to British politics and dubbed the "sincerity box" by the press. Unlike Foot, she rarely campaigned on the streets, but swirled efficiently through high-tech plants, bakeries, farms and wool mills. At each stop, she took an obsessive interest in what was shown her, asking in detail how thermostats were made at a Tarka Controls factory in Inverness, discussing the fine points...
...triumph. In an editorial headlined A TORY VICTORY, YES, A LANDSLIDE, NO, the Sunday Times reminded readers that voting for Alliance candidates in marginal districts could keep a Conservative triumph within bounds. Said the paper: "We should not need reminding what absolute power, even if acquired through the ballot box, can do to those who come to possess it." Few voters seemed to listen last week...
...fraction of Dylan’s songwriting talent. He seemingly lacks the ability to create anything inventive, interesting, or meaningful. From time to time, Collett throws in a couple of different instruments and marginally varies a tune or two, but overall he fails to break out of the small box he has fashioned for himself. Jason Collett’s lack of diversity has led him to create a highly forgettable and uninspiring album. There are only a few fleeting moments when “Here’s to Being Here” shows any promise, and they quickly...
...also disgusted. “You even liked ‘28 Weeks Later,’” my friend said to me with a shocked glare on his face.The weeks passed, the critics raved, and “Juno” did well in the box office. Everyone loved it; it was like “Little Miss Sunshine” had grown up and made some bad decisions.The largest blow to my sense of the moviegoing public, though, came just recently, when the Academy Award nominees were announced.Among several disappointments, including the snubs...