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...irrelevant tangents aside, Dawson has clearly put up the numbers so far that will make him a player in the Payton Award race. Another thing working in his favor is that the Crimson is having an outstanding year, and, like the Heisman, players on better teams are at a distinct advantage. In fact, only one player from a losing team—running back Jerry Azumah of New Hampshire, in 1998—has ever won the award, and the last five winners have all come from teams that claimed a conference or national title...
...last glass, the sommelier brings the very wine Giamatti's character, a wine snob, rails against: American Merlot. But it's a 2001 Pahlmeyer, and it's impressive. "It's got so much going on. So much acid, so much tannin, so much fruit--you taste them so distinctly that with age they'll meld into one distinct flavor," Payne says. It's that same blending that Payne does, mixing the effete and the unpretentious, the banal with the surreal, the painstakingly honed with the unretouched, that make his movies so good. At least that sounds smart after four really...
Known also as the “Powerhouse Stretch,” ths portion of the river is the straightest part of the racecourse. A coxswain with good steering can give his or her crew up to 1,500 meters of straight rowing—a distinct advantage since applying the rudder creates drag and slows a boat down...
...disparity between the opinions of the animate and inanimate is quite distinct and one worth illustrating, if for no other reason than to further discredit the merit of human polls...
Maasdorp’s trifecta was comprised solely of penalty corners, in which the Crimson possessed a distinct advantage for the game. Harvard drew 11 penalty corners in the contest to the Bulldogs’ four...