Word: legging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What prevents Barbarians from being truly outstanding is Garner's miscasting plus Gelbart's reluctance to pull the trigger on the conniving Johnson. Example: in one scene, the born-to-shop Dr. Cupcake tells Ross a heart- wrenching story about her leg waxer's cousin, who was dumped from his job of 18 years when KKR took over his company. Seeking to illustrate the human carnage of leveraged buyouts, she informs hubby that the man went home and shot himself. Johnson looks concerned. Here, the film is taking real liberties with the truth. This conversation did not take place anywhere...
...destined or even inclined to star in a national morality play. Gunn grew up in Benton (pop. 3,800), Kentucky, where his family was active in the Church of Christ. Old classmates remember him as funny, convivial, not at all self-pitying about the brace on his withered right leg, and smart. Beverly Beasley, now an insurance agent in Benton, says, "I remember once when we were in the fifth grade, the history teacher started talking about the Constitution. David stood up and said he could recite the Bill of Rights from memory, and he proceeded to do it verbatim...
Senior Ed Wagner--"a ridiculously fast man," according to several of his teammates--swam an astounding "19.35 leg in the 200 medley relay, but the team's time of 1:29.72 wasn't enough to beat Princeton's 1:29.32 finish...
...with an impressive 1:37.14 leg, Tiger anchor Naiden Kremenlier--who also captured the 200 free for the third year straight with 1:37.31--powered Princeton's relay to a 6:35.52 finish. Harvard's Rick Osterberg, Jan Esway, Steve Root and Co-Captain Dave Knauert came in second with...
With two seconds left on Breistroff's penalty, junior Matt Collins wristed a shot that seemed to catch Crimson netminder Aaron Israel unawares, slipping by his out-stretched leg...