Word: brightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dartmouth came to Bright Hockey Center Friday and stunned the No. 1 Harvard women's hockey team in overtime, 5-4. That was the first time Harvard had lost in 33 games...
Dartmouth took Harvard to overtime when it came to Bright last February, but the Crimson prevailed in the extra period (not to mention blowing out the Big Green in the ECAC Tournament semifinals, 8-1). On Friday, both teams played the same way they did last year--Dartmouth likes to lay a body on opponents to slow down the game, while Harvard thrives on its speed and continuous cycling in the offensive zone...
Hollywood likes his moves too. In a U.S. market where foreign-language films are hard to find even in art houses, Almodovar, 48, is a reliable moneymaker. He also makes the kind of bright, saucy films Hollywood wishes it could. So the studios have courted him ever since his 1988 hit Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. They bought remake rights for Jane Fonda, then for Whoopi Goldberg (though the film wasn't made), then they asked him to direct Sister Act, First Wives Club, Runaway Bride and, he says, "anything with drag queens." But though he hopes...
...excited to see Nancy Gibbs refer to schools as "looking in a mirror, under bright lights" [SPECIAL REPORT, Oct. 25]. It is true that kids have not changed. We as a society have. It is preposterous to believe that teenagers, adolescents and children are capable of determining their own distinct culture. They merely mirror the thoughts, ideas, attitudes and actions of adults--especially parents. Schools are the showcase displaying what our kids have learned--not only from teachers but from all of us. MATTHEW A. WERNER Union Mills...
Bredin anchors an aggressive defense that will try to slow down Harvard's high-scoring attack. That strategy almost worked at Bright last February, when the Big Green held the Crimson in regulation before falling in overtime, 3-2. In the ECAC semifinals, however, Harvard exploded in the second period to wipe out Dartmouth...