Word: deftly
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...begin to blend together. The percussive elements—consisting of everything from insistent toms over a deeper backbeat to the rat-tat of wooden sticks topped off with tingly silver bells—share a nearly equal billing with the vocals and often outshine Long’s deft guitar pickings. Long’s melodies are usually quite pleasing, but his unremarkable singing voice fails to add enough warmth to the album, resulting in chilly, jangly songs that fail to satisfy. Despite Kroeber’s inventiveness, the best songs of the album are more melody-driven...
...Asaf Honig both wore protective knee sleeves, but the Harvard captain showed no sign of ailing legs as he clubbed his opponent 6-1,6-0 at four singles. Kumar, suffering from a bout of pink eye, also seemed undeterred as the number two player mixed deft volleys and timely serving to earn the Crimson’s second point with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Gustavo Loza. The largest transition, though, appeared in the play of freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien, who took the court in third doubles and five singles. “At three, we were...
...killed two Cornell penalties, Harvard was faced with the prospect of dealing with a third when sophomore Ian Tallett was whistled for hitting from behind.Co-captain Mike Taylor, however, responded to the challenge by stepping up his offensive play, putting on an impressive burst of speed finished with some deft stickhandling to maneuver his way to a shorthanded goal just 21 seconds into the penalty.“[With] the crowd, it can get away from you if you lose your emotions, how loud they are,” Taylor said. “We did a good job sticking...
Taylor’s deft maneuvering was indicative of the consistently high quality of play that both teams would exhibit throughout the night...
...bank. That prospect appeared even more feasible on Wednesday, as BNP announced 2007 profits of $11 billion - smaller, to be sure, than 2006, but far better than European competitors reporting billions of losses linked to subprime exposure. Against that troubling background, many SocGen employees fondly recalled Bouton's deft defensive moves in fending off BNP's hostile...