Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They say competition builds character. The Harvard women's volleyball team faced Boston College, Holy Cross and Hofstra, teams with a combined record of 40-9.
Character is starting to ooze out of Harvard's skin.
"I think we were satisfied with our performance," Co-Captain Manda Schossberger said. "We lost a tough match to B.C., but we showed a lot of character by coming back to beat Holy Cross."
The final invented character is also one that represents. Bogosian's acute anxiety about the audience. He is a fast-talking, neurotic misanthrope who struggles between the desire to be loved and the desire to be left alone. As he sits balled up in a chair clutching a microphone, Bogosian...
As Field's comedic coach, Hanks is an appealing if sometimes irritating character--but above all, he's funny. His terse, mocking humor overshadows Field, who despite her comic efforts, remains a housewife who tries hard.