Word: brilliantly
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...characters get drunk, fall in love and steal exam papers - but Five Point Someone also taps into the pressures facing students at India's élite educational institutions. One character's brilliant research proposal gets shelved because he's considered an underachiever, with a "five-point-something" grade average. Another nearly breaks down under the pressure from his mother to find a job that will pay for his father's medical bills and sister's dowry...
...mentally demanding—it’s often likened to physical chess,” Benji Ungar, co-captain for the men’s fencing team added. This would make fencing seem like the ideal Harvard sport. Weakness in athleticism can be atoned for with a brilliant strategy, a sort of physical chess. But, out of the 41 Division I sports that Harvard offers, fencing seems to take a backseat. Yet, it is one of the best teamS on Harvard’s campus. The team is consistently a national contender. “If you want...
...found cheering on the Broncos, his high school team, or the Crimson.“I’m a pretty crazy fan. In high school I used to go to basketball games completely covered in body paint to cheer on our team,” he says.With a brilliant start to his Crimson career, who knows what’s in store for Hanson and his alter...
...very happy with the second half.”Also noteworthy was the defense’s efforts in stopping Maduro, who received a yellow card for an aerial tussle with co-captain Luke Sager in the 83rd minute.“I thought [junior Kwaku Nyamekye] was brilliant in the back,” Clark said. “Maduro is one of the ten best players in the country, and he had him handled for most of the game.”Now sporting a record of 6-0-0, freshman goalie Austin Harms played all 90 minutes...
...thing is, Kwame Kilpatrick was becoming a good mayor and making some progress. He had a brilliant future." - Michael Smith, Detroit historian, on Kilpatrick's resignation (New York Times, Sept...