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...more precocious stars is newcomer Monie Love (Simone Johnson), 19, a British import whose crisp diction, smart rhyming and clear, light voice have given her a hit single, It's a Shame. Love entered college in London with the intention of becoming a kindergarten teacher, but then began singing poetry she had written over tapes her cousins sent from America. Her debut album, Down to Earth, sends a message to women about trust, reconciliation and relationships -- all with an ease and restraint that might not have been possible in rap just a few years...
...Captains Mick Cavouti and Tim Reilly were both named to All-Ivy second-team Wednesday afternoon. The two Mather seniors powered virtually the entire Crimson offense this year, with their crisp passing and aggressive moves to the cage...
...wall encounter with Charlie Parker. Producer Joel Dorn has so far accumulated more than 200,000 hours of ad-lib material, including doo-wop, early rock and classics as well as jazz. The tapes were made mostly by amateurs; the sound, to judge by Night's initial CDs, is crisp and professional...
Five minutes later, Stickles was able to deftly carry the puck from behind the Harvard blue-line all the way up ice and put the Crimson ahead, 3-1. The junior defender unleashed a textbook wristshot, waist high and so crisp that it flat-out beat Brown goaltender Kate Presbrey and gave the Crimson a little insurance...
...exercise in the unpredictable and often uncontrollable, following a course that cannot be foreseen hour to hour and leading to consequences that neither side ever intended. Battle scenarios are crisp and clear-cut; actual battles are anything but, and invariably bring surprises. No matter that the war starts on live television. Or that the deadline for combat is set six weeks in advance and is publicized more intensively than any other in history. Or that the attack proceeds in precisely the fashion that had all but officially been proclaimed in advance, with massive air attacks. The unexpected still occurs...