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...held a one-point halftime lead, but the Bulldogs stayed in it, using a 6-0 run in the final five minutes to seal the upset. “Nothing compares to that,” Delaney-Smith said. The euphoria of the Cornell victory had long lost its luster. The three-way tie atop the league standings meant that Harvard had to take on the other two teams in a playoff to determine the league’s representative in the NCAA tournament. Facing off against the Big Green in New York City, Harvard fell behind by 18 points...
...show seems to have lost a lot of luster among musical-theater tastemakers in the last half-century. The two Rodgers & Hammerstein hit shows that preceded it, Oklahoma and Carousel, have been revived and reappraised many times since: parsed by the critics for their innovative integration of music and storytelling, hailed for their breakthroughs in dance and staging. But South Pacific remained strangely missing in action. At a time of revival mania, when shows like Guys and Dolls and Gypsy (now having its third Broadway revival in little over a decade, in a fine production with a titanic star turn...
...magic phrase that brings luster to any career, sells tickets at the box office, moves millions of dvds. It's the gold standard for the film industry, pop culture's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Get one, and when you die, the headline on your obit will proclaim oscar winner...
...waterproof—what’s not to love?! This is a no-nonsense vibrator that’s easy to use during intercourse and handy for travel, showers, bathtubs, and so much more. It’s not the most exciting, but there are four speeds. Lady Luster: This is my favorite vibrator because it’s cheap, metallic blue, and made by Good Vibrations—an amazing female-friendly sex store. It’s classic, basic, lustrous, and a pleasure to have in bed. Venus Vibrance and Pulsar Toothbrush: I’d rather...
...short on numbers - roughly 3,000 in South Carolina, for example, compared with Obama's estimated 50,000. After gaining strength among voters whose views were formed in the Reagan years, the G.O.P. has the support of only 1 in 3 young people today, and the party's luster has faded among independents...