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...Bode about this upcoming weekend and his demeanor becomes even more serious, his concentration and drive amplified. He has put his heartbreaking double-overtime loss in last year’s NCAA quarterfinals behind him and is eager to redeem himself...

Author: By William B. Hauser, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Odd Couple Carries Wrestling | 3/2/2005 | See Source »

...think the shorts are maybe more, uh, advantageous than the headband, because the shorts look like you’re resilient to the weather. With the headband, people thought I was trying to be a jock…[and] my general demeanor, nerdy interests, musical interests worked against that image as well. So I think I made a lot of enemies and had a lot of people judge me before I got to actually meet them and give them a little of what I really have to offer...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: By Any Other Name They'd Be Less Famous | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...trick of A Streetcar Named Desire, or more recently, The Royal Tenenbaums’ Gypsy Cabs. Then the exorcism­—wait, was that Sigourney Weaver from Ghostbusters lying possessed on the bed? No, just some other actress who has captured that grotesque, demonic, yet unsettlingly sexual demeanor that adds a little extra pizzazz to any exorcism scene. It’s all wholesale theft, of course, but then imitation is said to be the highest form of flattery...

Author: By Laura E. kolbe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...fluctuations of the music, using the violin as a vehicle for his subtle artistic interpretation. Joining Buswell were his wife, cellist Carol Ou, and pianist Meng-Chieh Liu. In the Mendelssohn trio, the performers conveyed both the grand statements and the quiet nuances of the music, and their conversational demeanor on stage showed a simple joy of playing together. Liu’s quiet, thoughtful opening of the second movement of the Beethoven Sonata was another highlight. Throughout the recital, all three musicians demonstrated their mastery of both the musical concepts and the instrumental challenges...

Author: By Jennifer D. Chang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Reflects on Professor's Life, Music | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

This is not enough to prove that Summers’ sometimes unpleasant demeanor does not belie equally unpleasant policies and methods. My point is that the Faculty simply lacks a sufficient body of hard evidence to back up its many perceptions. The most reasonable source of Faculty anger with Summers is the diversion of funds from Faculty and other budgets to pay for Allston expansion—which will only benefit professors in certain fields, such as the sciences, that will get new facilities across the River. But this, along with minor instances of objectionable behavior, wouldn?...

Author: By Stephen W. Stromberg, | Title: Next Stop, No Confidence | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

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