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...instantly summoned is of the traveling businessman who wants a smidge of sexual exercise before retiring, but who is too tired, timid or cheap to summon a call girl. He cares little about whatever niceties of dialogue or mise-en-scene the movie may contain. He seeks only a brisk hand job, self-applied, then clicks off the TV, and so to bed. Someone I know, on hearing of this archetypal businessman, wondered, "What did he do the other seven minutes...
...Harvard women’s lacrosse team got off to a brisk start in Wednesday’s game at Connecticut, scoring within the first three minutes of play. The early lead was short-lived, however, as the Crimson fell 15-6 to the Huskies (5-1) to even its record...
...seller--in the U.S. alone, there are 750,000 copies in print. The story of a young girl with a powerful imagination and of the terrible consequences that occur when it's misused, it was a nuanced psychological study, a powerful war drama and, finally, by way of a brisk twist at the end, a devastating moral tale...
...brisk round of doubles play provided a good omen for the remainder of the match, with the Crimson sweeping the three encounters. The teams of Durkin and Anderson and Wang and Mukundan clinched the point with wins at the No. 2 and 3 slots, 8-2 and 8-1 respectively...
Harvard (12-6-2, 11-1-1 ECAC) scored all of its goals on the power play in a brisk 4-0 dismissal of the Catamounts (5-19-3, 3-10-0) at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington...