Word: gearing
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...movie will also remind more recent Hong Kong fans of Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, the story of an oaf who becomes a hero against by battling a long-imprisoned supervillain. KFP shifts into high gear when its big baddie, Tai Lung, escapes from his prison dungeon, breaking chains, bones and the law of gravity with equal finesse. Many of the fights - Tai Lung vs. the Five Furies, or vs. Shifu or, finally, against a certain panda - are so smartly thought out and spectacularly executed that they might have been designed by an ace stunt coordinator like Yuen...
...Myrtle Beach, Shore placed fourth, just three shots off the co-champions from Lewis University. Shuman finished ninth, just two shots behind Shore. Sophomore Danny Mayer also earned his first top-20 finish of the year. After this, the Crimson enjoyed its victory at Yale, but had to quickly gear up for the New England Division I Championships the next week. Harvard slipped to fourth as Yale, which led both days, took the championship. Mayer continued to establish himself, taking home an impressive fourth-place finish, matching the daily low round on day two. Shore tied for 10th and Shuman...
...Muller Hill Road, but professional journalists generally have much more trying lives than student-journalists do.But it is indeed that closeness of access and the connection to our subjects that creates the discomfort we must deal with. When we step into the press box, we must shed our Harvard gear and adopt a stance of neutrality. It doesn’t matter if the volleyball team just clinched the Ivy League, if the hockey team just forced overtime in the Beanpot championship game, or if Clifton Dawson just broke the record for rushing yards in a career?...
...most impressive part of his engine is an unmatched second gear. In the Preakness, he hung with leaders until the far turn. Then, with little prodding from Desormeaux, he glided past everyone down the stretch. "It's very unusual to have a horse who can do that," says Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger. "He doesn't really hit overdrive; he just moves away." Big Brown's knack for controlling a race has Nafzger comparing the laid-back colt to Seattle Slew, the legendary horse who won the Triple Crown in 1977. No one saw this coming; Big Brown sold...
...developed their plans for 09-10, and even if they had not yet done so, they had developed their plans for 08-09, when the course development for the following year would have to take place. Despite these warnings, we decided that we had to push the faculty to gear up for September...