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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...game five weeks earlier, “Sanzo” had tried going from first to third on a base hit to center but pulled up lame when his left knee buckled in the mud around the second base...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Baseball Blessed By Sanzo’s Return | 5/8/2002 | See Source »

...particular, screenwriter John Scott Shepherd (Joe Somebody) has a cringe-worthy habit of using dialogue for exposition (“Remember when this happened? You know, right after Dad died?”). A conversation gimmick between Pete and Lanie that is cute at first becomes tired and lame by the fifth or sixth time it is repeated. Furthermore, with its uneven pacing, awkward dialogue, spotty acting and skeletal characters, this American Beauty wannabe fails everywhere the 1999 film succeded...

Author: By Benjamin W. Olson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jolie Leads a Superficial ‘Life’ | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...more relaxed standards and smaller audiences. Still, MTV has reshaped mainstream TV before. The Real World wouldn't have made it on CBS, but it spawned Survivor. NBC may not have aired Jackass, but it eventually gave us Fear Factor. "I'm sure the networks will find a lame, copycat way to do it wrong," says producer Judd Apatow (Undeclared). "Most television is constructed by committee. And a show like this doesn't have a committee, so it can't be watered down." The networks are already considering new twists on reality series. ABC is positioning The Hamptons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ozzy Knows Best | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

Though some SPS members characterized the poetry at the slam as “pretty lame,” it was a bona fide excuse to get their artistic juices flowing. The SPS officers, who hope to make the poetry slam an annual event, promise better food next time...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Physicist Aptly Named Bohr... | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

Given Boston’s tendency for being lame when it comes to rave regulations, it’s hard to comprehend how the Cradle of the Revolution became home to some of the top drum ’n’ bass weeklies in America. My personal theory: International DJs, coming mostly from Britain and more than likely on a promotional tour for their new mix CD, fly over to hit up New York—and cities like Boston and Philly, being only a relative stone’s throw away, present logistically viable locations to finish...

Author: By Tina Rivers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drum 'n' Bass 'n' Harvard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

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