Word: clocking
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...detective stories move from the present to the past; they're essays in social archaeology, the metaphorical digging up of the corpse to discover what made him tick and who stopped his clock. It's an apt structure for the Watchmen, since most of them are past their prime - Eddie's 67 when he dies; the first Silk Spectre (Carla Gugino), who had a carnal run-in or two with Eddie, is in her 60s; and Dr. Manhattan is 56, though he looks great for his age - and facing serious midlife introspection. International celebrities for decades, they have...
What's your writing routine? Are you a morning person? I usually get up at about five o'clock and I do a three-mile walk with a friend of mine. We've done that for a decade now. I come back, get the kids off to school with my husband, and then I go up to my office and answer fan mail for about an hour or so online. Then I pick up whatever I've been writing the day before and read through it on the screen, editing as I go. When I get to the bottom...
...half, 36-35. Seven minutes later, he faked and drove to the lane and buried a shot to put his team up 54-50. His third basket of the half came with eight minutes to play. Dribbled around for an open look, he nailed a shot as the shot clock ran down to make it 61-58 in the Crimson’s favor.“I can’t say enough about the way Housman has played for us these past few weeks,” Amaker said. “He’s been...
...Tommy Amaker said. “We knew basketball is usually a game of runs.” Guarding a 58-52 lead, the Crimson seemed to be on the verge of crumbling again. The ball was in freshman guard Oliver McNally’s hands with the shot clock winding down as he squared up, attempted to draw contact, and launched a one-handed leaner from the wing. The ball swished through the net, exciting the crowd, extending Harvard’s lead, and giving the team a much needed emotional lift. “It was obviously...
...captain Emily Tay said. “We wait until the final 10 minutes until we get a spark, and that’s when we know we have to play well. It was crunch time when we started playing better.”As the clock continued to tick down, Harvard knew it was time to go. With six points from Tay and a jumper from sophomore Emma Markley in the last five minutes, the team began to play with more finesse and led the Big Red, 57-54. Tay would finish the game with a total...