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...saber, junior Alexa Weingarden was the sole fencer to make nationals, although co-captain Samantha Parker fell just short of an at-large bid. Weingarden finished 11th in the competition and became an All-American for the first time. The women lost just twice all season in head-to-head team meets but were not able to pull out an Ivy League Championship, falling short of the Lions’ level. The men, however, lost just once and earned a share of the title behind co-captain Tim Hagamen’s record year. The senior...
...needs to take lesson in cool from his daddy, L.C. Cheever (Robert Duvall), a poker champion and a master of icy self-control. But they have issues - something to do with the way the old man treated Huck's mother - and they are, eventually, head-to-head competitors in a very big Texas Hold 'Em game. Huck also has - you guessed it! - commitment problems. He meets a sweet-spirited woman named Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), who's a poker innocent, but wise in the ways of fiddle-footed men whose obsessions do not necessarily include settling down with...
...pride and American propaganda also seriously detract from the action. In one scene, as Spidey soars through the air to intercept Venom, a giant computer generated flag fills the entire screen behind him. The blatantly tacked-on patriotism really takes you out of the moment, and during the climactic head-to-head between Spider-Man and Venom, I really would have rather stayed in the Marvel universe than be jarred into our own. But the flaws in “Spider-Man 3” are ultimately forgivable. The characters, cool factor, and visceral action make the movie...
...desperate wannabes to convene in Ticknor last Saturday night. The battle was like “American Idol” but with a hell of a lot more street cred. Six contestants took part in the veritable verbal skirmishes before an excitable crowd in three rounds. The contestants went head-to-head exchanging heated personal attacks. Virginia E. Anderson ’08, who helped organize the battle, said she was looking forward to a great show but wasn’t really expecting anything too Tupac-esque. “Harvard students usually write things in books...
...battle was like “American Idol” but with a hell of a lot more street cred. Six contestants took part in the veritable verbal skirmishes before an excitable crowd in three rounds. The contestants went head-to-head exchanging heated personal attacks...