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...model of what playwrights should avoid. It's a slim but labored farce about a young man (Andrew McCarthy) who can't make love without having his father's socks around and the psychiatrist (Edward Herrmann) who has taken them away. The stale shrink jokes wouldn't pass muster on an average episode of Seinfeld, not to mention Shanley's own better work, like his flavorful screenplay for Moonstruck. What Hollywood gave Shanley was discipline--and Cher...
...confidence showed no brighter than it did in the third period, when Harvard was twice forced to kill five on three penalties. Even with two extra players, the Big Green could not muster a rally. Harvard's defense was simply too stifling...
Princeton's attack--or what it has been able to muster this season--centers on its tough interior defense. The Tigers lead the Ivies in blocked shots, at 3.65 per game. Pacing the team is sophomore forward Lea Ann Drohan with 1.80 blocks-per-game...
Against Columbia on Friday night, the opposing player that Harvard had to stop was C.J. Tompkins, as the senior guard had been averaging 20.8 points per game for the Lions. But against Harvard he could only muster 18 points on six-for-19 shooting and hit only one of his nine three-point attempts...
...medieval idea of the Mater Dolorosa solaced her when she lost her own son. She associates the mysterious black Madonnas that popped up all over Europe in the Middle Ages and Mexico's "Little Dark One," the Virgin of Guadalupe, with Mary's affinity for the humble. She can muster historical support for the Mary described by spiritual adventurer China Galland--"a protectress who doesn't allow her children to be hunted, tortured, murdered and devoured"--and neo-Jungian Clarissa Pinkola Estes' assertion that "Mary would be a teenage-girl-gang leader" today. If this seems a bit all embracing...