Word: fifteen
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...Puchtel’s fifteen minutes of fame might not be over yet. Last May, the Chicago Bears offered Puchtel a tryout, despite the fact that Puchtel had not played football since catching passes at tight end for the Crimson his freshman year. Although the transition back to football was difficult, he showed signs of progression—enough for him to pick up an agent and continue to explore his NFL options. The allure for teams rests in the hope that he can follow in the model of successful college basketball players-turned superstar tight ends such as Antonio...
...nervous before,” said Pensler, one of three freshman foilists on a very young foil squad, “but our team was very good about cheering everyone on.” The Crimson women also performed well in sabre, with four fencers placing in the top fifteen. Juniors Sarah Parker and Carolyn Wright, who had the difficult task of facing each other in the first round of direct elimination, finished No. 4 and No. 14, respectively. Freshman Eva Rosenberg made a smooth transition to collegiate fencing, finishing No. 5. “It was really good...
...that they just don’t pull it off that well. They are both over the top to a laughable degree and, not coincidentally, possessed of a very adolescent point of view. Most of their lyrics read like a slightly improved version of the poetry of a fifteen-year-old goth, and the song “Teenagers” in particular sounds like the screed of someone who never quite got over being picked on in high school...
...exhausting 3.7 hours, by which time you will have been beaten over the head with the genius of the arrangements many times over. Despite their historical and technical brilliance, the band remains defined by its era. Weather Report ushered in a wholly original sound, mastered the genre in fifteen years, and left little else to be done—they came, they fused, they conquered...
...second half did not bode any better for the Crimson. Harvard could not keep the Eagles out of the circle, allowing five penalty corners throughout the period. B.C. translated two of these corners into scores, both by star forward Bob Dirks. Dirks leads the Eagles with fifteen goals on the season. “You can’t give a team like B.C. too many opportunities,” Caples said. “They’re very, very talented and can score from the field and from the corner.” As woeful as its defense?...