Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What a difference a week can make. After having the best passing attack in school history just over a fortnight ago in a 63-21 win over Dartmouth, senior quarterback Brad Wilford and the Harvard passing game have hit rock bottom...
...Everyone was itching to get their hands on Hannibal, Thomas Harris' sequel to the Silence of the Lambs, before it actually hit bookstores. Publishers wanted to see how much they should demand for the movie rights. Agents wanted to see whether the sequel might have room for new characters. Directors wanted their name attached to the project, producers wanted to finance it, etc., etc. But after a prolonged, tortuous attempt to translate Hannibal into a viable screenplay, Jodie Foster has officially refused to reprise her role as Clarice Starling. Anthony Hopkins, meanwhile, is still all for one more meal...
...knew that writing Hannibal guaranteed him a mammoth paycheck--$10 million minimum for the royalties and adaptation rights. So what does he do? He collects on the advance, putzes around for 10 years, and convinces us all that he's writing the sequel of all time. The book hit stands in early June and promptly divided the critics; most agreed, however, that Harris had infused his carefully written Hannibal with profound themes and delicate character textures. What a joke! The book, in a nutshell, tracks Clarice in yet another search for Lecter and gradually going insane...
...Harvard has hit its stride just before it begins its quest for the Ivy League Championship...
...SCORE: 9-10: Excellent 7-8: Good 5-6: Fair 4 or less: Time to hit the papers