Word: breakouts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This was to be Rae Carruth's breakout season. The first-round NFL draft pick for the Carolina Panthers hadn't lived up to the promise he showed in 1997, when he led the league's rookie wideouts with 44 catches and 545 receiving yards. First, a broken foot kept him out for nearly all of the 1998 season; then he was sidelined by a sprained ankle in October. By last week, the only running the 25-year-old wide receiver could do was a graceless flight from charges that he conspired to murder his 6 1/2-months-pregnant girlfriend...
...experimenting with things and seeing what works best," said junior center Steve Moore. "We had to adjust our breakout but towards the end we were getting more solid and getting more shots...
...REGINA CARTER Rhythms of the Heart (Verve). A breakout album by a violinist who's a veteran of the jazz scene. Drawing smartly on the work of jazz violinists of the past--notably Stuff Smith and Stephane Grappelli--Carter makes music that's wonderfully listenable and, at times, breathtakingly daring. The devil never played fiddle this well...
...suffers everything that a normal man suffers - pangs of conscience, doubts in the human capacity for good, and the occasional urinary tract infection. (When he scrambles into the bathroom, doubled over and grimacing at the excruciating effort of relieving himself - well, the audience feels his pain.) Duncan, in his breakout role (after several supporting roles in films like Armageddon), succeeds in winning over the sympathies of the audience with an inspiring performance. John Coffey is a walking paradox - his monstrous frame is capable of flattening a man, and yet he is afraid of the dark. Using his imposing physical presence...
...Crimson was paced by the outstanding play of freshman center Sarah Johnson and sophomore point guard Jennifer Monti. Johnson netted a game-high 18 points to complement her 10 rebounds while Monti netted 13 on 6-of-8 shooting to go with her nine assists. It was a nice breakout effort for Johnson, whose sister Melissa has anchored the Crimson frontcourt...