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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...
...defense.“The gloves came up high a few times but we talked about it last night after the game when we took a lot of penalties that we have to be more disciplined, and tonight our guys did a good job of staying out of the box,” co-captain Mike Taylor said.Despite early scuffling that led to matching penalties on sophomore Doug Rogers and Quinnipiac’s Chris Myers for roughing, the Crimson (11-11-3, 9-7-2 ECAC) kept its cool and turned the Bobcats?...
...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...
...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...