Word: brief
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...Sullivan had one of the best games of his brief career, making eight saves as his team bested 23rd-ranked Dartmouth, 1-0. In addition to his eight saves, O'Sullivan knocked away several Dartmouth crosses and controlled the play in front of the Cornell goal. He recorded his fourth shutout of the year and now has nine shutouts in his two years at Cornell...
...brief," the department release read, "[the upgrade] means that the team will be scheduled against more competitive opponents, and more resources will be devoted to coaching, travel opportunity, and recruitment of players...
Despite the brief excitement, the appearance ofthe streakers was no more than a pause in theroutine for Chem 5 and Chem 17 students...
...clothes and collapsing in puppyish self-pity, then as a mute but furious victim. His vengeance gives Pendleton a career moment too. Reduced to a job as Santa, he stands disheveled, muttering the words of one Christmas carol while hearing the tune of another. The moment is brief but perfect -- a lesson by established talent for the new generation...
...explores not only the immense, controlling structure of the state, but also its influence on those who participate in it, conscious of their collaboration. And although his musings can become wearisome, (he observes that for others, "life is a bed of roses" in comparison with his own burdens), these brief passages are redeemed by the sincere yearnings for an ethnic and national heritage to which he can return...