Word: lone
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gates, the lone freshman, filled in ably at sweeper after Captain Mark Pepper injured his quadricep at the start of the season...
...works astonishingly well. Screenwriter Mark Peploe has used the flashback form to cover 60 years of remote, enigmatic history, and for once the device accurately reflects reality. In the '50s, as a prisoner of the victorious Chinese Communists, Pu Yi (played as an adult by John Lone, who somehow makes stunned passivity hypnotic) was indeed forced to confront his past. The length and rigor of his sentence depended largely on how his recollections conformed to Maoist history, and so the simple act of remembrance becomes inherently suspenseful. More important, a contrast and an analogy are enforced by the close juxtaposition...
...Crimson (13-0-2 overall, 6-0 Ivy League) is the lone undefeated team in the league, while Yale is 5-1 after suffering a tough setback against Dartmouth late in the season. A Harvard win would give the booters sole possession of the title; a tie would give the Elis a share of the crown...
...surprise that the sophomore forward scored Harvard's lone goal. Kramer has found himself in the right place at the right time all season. Sunday's tally gives him 11 goals and two assists on the season, for a team-high 24 points...
Alone at the Top: The Gentleman of Centenary College just couldn't keep up with the Crimson any longer. Last weekend, the nation's only other undefeated team suffered its first defeat of the year, falling in the Trans-America Athletic Conference playoffs. The loss makes Harvard the lone college soccer team to still hold an undefeated record...