Word: calmness
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...It’s all about staying calm,” said BU guard Tyler Morris, who hit 3-of-4 from the stripe in the final minute. “You’re hitting [free throws] in practice because you’re calm...If you stay calm, it’s money...
...weapons in the first half,” Crimson coach John Kerr said. “I was just grateful that they didn’t score the second goal. Once we got ourselves back to halftime only being 1-0 down, we knew we just had to calm down and play our style of soccer and stick to what we have down all season long.”Harvard put consistent pressure on the Binghamton defense throughout the second half of play, earning seven corners—after having none in the opening frame—and peppering...
...time for a comeback. Harvard would now have the advantages of wind and sun on its side, and could give the Bearcats a run for their money.“Once we got ourselves back to halftime only being 1-0 down, we knew we just had to calm down and play our style of soccer,” Kerr said. “[We just had to] stick to what we have done all season long.”The Crimson came out of its halftime huddle with a vengeance and attacked Binghamton hard, scoring the tying goal...
...DIED. Jack Palance, 87, hulking Hollywood iconoclast who won a best-supporting-actor Oscar for playing Curly, the hilariously creepy dude-ranch stud in City Slickers; in Montecito, California. The former heavyweight boxer shot to fame playing eerily calm, menacing heavies in films like Sudden Fear (Joan Crawford's deranged stalker) and Shane (a bullying gunslinger) in the 1950s. But his most memorable performance was at the 1992 Oscars. Accepting his award, Palance started to attempt a speech, then dropped to the floor, displaying his virility with a series of one-handed push-ups. Later asked what happened, he replied...
...agent who feigned escape from the East to the West in 1956, became a successful businessman and politician in Frankfurt, and rose to become a trusted aide of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, in charge of Brandt's schedule and relations with his own party. Brandt was trying to calm the Cold War and reconcile the two Germanys through his "Ostpolitik," which Guillaume's reports confirmed as a genuine shift in policy. To keep Brandt from losing a no-confidence motion, Wolf paid 50,000 marks to a corrupt West German deputy to switch his vote. But all the while...