Word: elements
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Vaillancourt—who is second in the country with 1.45 assists per game—has added a team-first element to her fast-paced, gun-slinging style of play. Rather than charging the net every time she touches the puck, Vaillancourt has created opportunities for her teammates—especially Harvard’s young crop of speedy scorers that includes Ryabkina and rookie Katharine Chute—while showing off remarkable selectivity when looking for her own chances to score, leading the team with a .184 shot percentage...
...base. If Wao’s life really was so brief and wondrous, Díaz’s latest should be action-packed and exciting. The stark red, black, and white color scheme of the cover certainly gives just that impression. Perhaps there’s even an element of mysticism or magic in the book. If Wao turns out to be a kind of Chinese gangster/philosopher with the ability to transform into a bird, this book is going to be a big hit. Because, just admit it, you and I were both obsessed with those...
...That is, unless you exploit it like Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock, who used Taylor’s murder as an opportunity to bash his favorite piñata: hip-hop. Whitlock has a long history of railing against gangster rap and the element of black culture it represents—the “Black KKK,” as he calls it. To Whitlock, the evolution of this genre is a cause of black Americas’ high crime rates and low socioeconomic status. He puts some of the blame for Taylor’s death, as well...
...elegantly furnished Brooklyn brownstone that comprises the set of “Manuscript” suggests a strange mix of adult veneer and inner childishness: Toy action figures stand amid the bookshelves, exposed brick walls, and vases of roses. This contradiction was not only an element of the set (designed by Ethan A. Davis ’10)—it proved to be one of the defining characteristics of this Loeb Experimental Theatre production...
...Friday night, the Crimson pulled out a close win over Jackson State on Saturday. “It was a very, very tough matchup,” Delaney-Smith said. “We had to be able to weather different changes in momentum. Rebounding was a key, key element and we did a much better job today.” “This morning, we came into the game having a bit of a chip on our shoulder,” junior guard Niki Finelli added. “We wanted to bounce back from the Pittsburgh game...