Word: coolness
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...could call him Vin (The Refrigerator) Diesel: he's that solid, that cool, and precisely as emotive as your average kitchen appliance. The star of such red-meat melodramas as The Chronicles of Riddick and xXx has the huge, smooth head of an outdoor sculpture, a bad Buddha, and the dull eyes and mouth of a golem who's just been recklessly woken. His screen personality could be seen as surly or resentful - in the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry or Toshiro Mifune Yojimbo mode - if he displayed anything as human as an attitude. Instead he simply looms and emits fumes...
...better clear the knickknacks off your freestanding shelving, because he's bound to throw somebody into it. Anybody else does this, you'd say he has anger issues - or, considering his character's surname, Toretto's syndrome. But Diesel doesn't get mad; he stays cooler than cool. The guy's an icebox...
...cool] …Why we love Harvard... I saw a Harvard shirt in Israel at this
...offensively. It was nice to see us stay in our swing and not be over anxious.”The Crimson players were undoubtedly excited to be playing in front of their home fans for the first time this season. “Oh my gosh! That was so cool!” said freshman Rachel Brown, the Ivy League Pitcher and Rookie of the Week. “When I came on my recruiting trip, I pictured being out on this field. It was really exciting, and having our fans here was really cool.” HARVARD...
...also most directly applicable to final clubs. However, both Bowman and Herz-Roiphe said they did not consider secrecy an important aspect of their final club experience. “Like most other secrets, when you expose them to the light of day, they’re not that cool,” Herz-Roiphe said. “Mystique is power.” —Staff writer Danielle J. Kolin can be reached at dkolin@fas.harvard.edu