Word: cinderella
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Poor play on the part of the U.S. team has always led to scorn, but so did its Cinderella performance in the 2002 tournament, when it reached the quarterfinal and lost narrowly to Germany. Worried European elites complained that arrogant Americans were on the verge of conquering the world of soccer. The success of women’s game in the United States—the best in the world—is perceived as another example of Americans perverting and subverting a venerable tradition. It is just as arrogant and threatening when Americans play well, according to European elites...
...shocked by those who believe that the Potter books promote witchcraft and so are bad for children to read. Have these critics forgotten the timeless classics, like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Wizard of Oz and Cinderella, all of which include magic and even witches? The story of Harry Potter will be yet another classic tale that will generously feed the imagination of generations to come. LAUREN STEWART Geneseo...
Wentzell called this year a “Cinderella season” for the team, which came in second place in last weekend’s national championships in Stanford, Calif...
Last year, Harvard entered the ECAC finals as a Cinderella. This year, the Crimson was expected to return to the championship game. But two things remain the same—the Big Red is waiting, and not many people think Harvard will...
...story. In this production of “La Cenerentola,” there are no pumpkin stagecoaches, no fairy godmothers and no omnipotent wands. But the DHO cast and crew work more than enough of their own magic to transmogrify the banal into the beautiful. Both Prince and Cinderella find love and beauty in the unlikeliest of places, and so do we. —Tiffany I. Hsieh