Word: momentous
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...We’ve been wanting it for a while. It just feels good to get that now, and build off of that, and get a taste of what it feels like so we can keep striving for more.”The game’s key moment came barely three minutes into the match, when junior co-captain Gina Wideroff sent a lob in from 20 yards out. Sheeleigh headed the lofty ball straight at Wildcat goalie Ally Yost, who handled the shot but couldn’t manage to corral the rebound. The Harvard forward?...
...Ramadan has not arrived at the ideal moment.' JOSE MOURINHO, manager of Italian soccer club Inter Milan, lamenting midfielder Sulley Muntari's "low energy levels" while he fasts in observance of the Muslim religious holiday...
...journalism. It’s a skill, but it’s a skill with endless application. More likely than not, you’ll find yourself in the spotlight at some point, with a question posed, and all eyes on you. Whether you succeed or flounder in that moment depends quite a bit on practice...
...It’s almost trite to start at the beginning, but it’s as good a place as any in Leonard Gardener’s debut novel, 1969’s “Fat City.” From its opening moments, “Fat City” vaults the pretense of the so-called ‘boxing novel’—then a genre unto itself and at the time one as viable as the eminently popular ‘western novel’—and leaves...
...Days,” “Blue Steel”), who conducts her scenes with almost scientific precision. One 10-minute sniper standoff in particular showcases Bigelow’s deft mastery of timing. The gap between the bullet’s crack and its impact creates a moment of suspended time, leaving the viewer hovering in a tense area between cause and effect. This moment of uncertainty provides an adrenaline rush for both the audience and Sgt. James, a testament to the subtlety of the film’s emotional power. —Staff writer Andrew...