Word: lessers
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...only works when you have guys who have been on teams that have struggled. The three of us have carried teams in the past, and the only thing we need to prove is that we want to win a championship. Kevin Garnett: We've all played on lesser teams. But we've also played with some premier players. And the way it works is that you have to make sacrifices. And I think that the three of us are willing to make major sacrifices. Paul Pierce: We looked at each other, eye to eye, and said...
...acclamation the most intense and gifted director of this talented bunch, wasn't even nominated for Taxi Driver, then suffered a generation of indignity as his work on Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, Gangs of New York and The Aviator lost out to that of other, lesser directors. (He finally copped the Oscar last year, at 64, for The Departed.) And yet they all have the edge on Hitchcock and Hawks, who never won a competitive Oscar...
Although the Beanpot wins over BU and Northeastern came against lesser, unranked teams, they also displayed what the Crimson might be capable of in a playoff-type environment...
...were booing the fact that he was withdrawing. They were crying,” said Bolduc, who is also a Crimson editorial writer. As for McCain, Bolduc remained critical, but said that he would support him. “I reluctantly support him because he’s the lesser of two evils,” Bolduc said. —Staff writer Lingbo Li can be reached at lingboli@fas.harvard.edu...
...comments University President Drew G. Faust made about the difficulty that public universities face in pursuing scientific research. In the Dec. 10 issue of the magazine, reporter Anthony Bianco wrote that Faust believed “it would be wise” for what he termed “lesser universities” to leave larger science endeavors to wealthier private schools. The story provoked a denunciation from the provosts of 11 large public universities who sent a letter to BusinessWeek criticizing Faust for purportedly alleging that “lesser-endowed universities should back off from...