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Word: brightness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...complete team effort led the Harvard women’s hockey team to a convincing 5-0 victory over an overmatched Union squad Saturday afternoon at Bright Hockey Center. Playing for the second straight game without head coach Katey Stone and tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt, who are both taking part in the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y., the Crimson (3-0-1, 3-0-1 ECAC) put forth its best effort of the season. Harvard used a 46-shot barrage to tackle the Union defense while limiting the Dutchwomen (0-11-1, 0-4-0 ECAC) to only...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Barrage of Shots Help Crimson Overpower Union | 11/9/2008 | See Source »

...characters because they're not on screen as long? Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman all have the heavy lifting of story lines; Julien and the penguins (and a couple of cranky monkeys who serve as the movie's Statler and Waldorf) have only to shake their shtick, deliver their bright lines and get off. (Also, they're smaller in stature, hence cuter.) Liberated from the burden of consciences or backstories or any recognizable feelings; they have no obligation to audiences other than to make 'em laugh. In this comedy, they're the comic relief. It's as if the main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Madagascar 2 | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...seeing people our age parading... being pro-active and so mature,” says Liz J. Powers ’10, one of the student artists featured in the exhibit. Her painting, “New Power,” conveys the rising optimism of women voters with bright colors in a simple folk style. Castro Samayoa hoped to provide a forum for such creativity in organizing the exhibition. He says that at Harvard, “People are thinking and engaging with voting. People are voicing their opinions in classes and dining halls. We wanted to give another...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Past and Present, Linked in 'Ballot' | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...seen Frederick’s pale tear-stained face sink beneath the billowing waves and went in search of him. She realized, too late, as the bottom disappeared from beneath her feet, that she did not know how to swim. But, as she looked up to the bright glimmer of the setting sun, she continued to walk on as though her feet were buoyed up by the water.The river, it must be admitted, was somewhat shallow. Nonetheless, Frederick seemed to be managing to drown. So as the sun sparkled with full force upon the surface of the water, Roxanna dove...

Author: By Lesley R. Winters, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Stable Boy: Chapter 12 | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

...already worked into a frenzy. H&M's second store in Japan - nestled in a glass building with a façade worthy of a SoHo gallery and branded with the signature red "H&M" - uses monochromatic tones and floor-to-ceiling windows to make the Swedish giant's bright-colored clothing stand out. But there's still one thing missing: lines of eager Japanese consumers winding around the block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: H&M Still Winning Tokyo Hearts — and Wallets | 11/7/2008 | See Source »

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