Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard shifted into gear in the second half,putting up 43 points to complete a 76-58 rout ofthe Bulldogs...
...Before the President steps up, however, his lawyers will change gear in their defense strategy. Instead of primarily emphasizing that the charges against the President don't meet the constitutional standard for impeachment, they'll first try to systematically refute the prosecution's case on key factual issues -- which is why it may ultimately suit them to lose the battle over calling witnesses. Of course, the White House will publicly maintain its opposition to witnesses -- if only to make sure that the political cost of a drawn-out, messy trial is born by the Republicans...
Harvard, the team would have you believe, had its season in gear on the strength of three mediocre wins over Northeastern, Hartford and Santa Clara, and a single Ivy win over Cornell (with downplayed losses to St. Joseph's and Navy sandwiched in between...
Following more yelling from the audience, Dylan mutters some incomprehensible words under his breath, tricking the audience into silence, and then kicks into high gear "One Too Many Mornings." In "Ballad Of A Thin Man" Dylan feasts on his victory, taunting the unhappy members of audience with some bars of solo piano but then offering "You know something is happening, but you don't know what it is. Do you Mr. Jones?" as a blatant challenge. Even the heckler, accusing him of personifiying Judas, could not stop Dylan. He turned to the Hawks, and uncharacterlistically cursed, "Play fuckin' loud!" They...
...then there's our familiar cast of characters, only much younger and less cautious. Jake Lloyd is young Anakin Skywalker, soon to become Darth Vader. Liam Neeson dons Jedi gear, Natalie Portman assumes her role as queen, and Samuel Jackson even throws in a oneliner. Leading the cast is Ewan McGregor as the young Obi-Wan-Kenobi (if you think about what Titanic did for DiCaprio, imagine what will happen to indie-film-loving McGregor). Lucas knows that characters--unlike many sci-fi special effects extravaganzas--are the key Star Wars' success. Thus, he casts B-list stars that blend...