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...film means to be beguiling, and many will find it so. But in this viewer's alternative reality, Sliding Doors is way too strained, in narrative logic and in performance, to work. Paltrow either whines or twinkles; Hannah works overtime at being winsome; Lynch has not even a pinch of larcenous charm; Tripplehorn is reduced to stridency and humiliation. The actors appear to be on trial for unknown offenses, and what could be blithe and affecting instead comes on like--oh, like the Spanish Inquisition...
Thoke led off with her first dinger of the season to put Harvard ahead 1-0. Sophomore Ghia Godfree followed with a double into center, and junior co-captain Tara LaSovage pinch...
Cupp led off the third for the Crimson and was belted by Miller in a mistake that would come back to haunt the Princeton pitcher. Sophomore Crystal Springer came in to pinch run for Cupp, and she promptly stole second...
Springer reached third when Read sent a sizzlerdeep into the hole at shortstop that Princeton'sTanya Hendricks could not handle. After a groundout by Godfree advanced sophomore JessieAmberg--who was pinch running for Read--to second,freshman Mairead McKendry stepped up and roped apitch into center to bring Springer home with thegame-winning...
...solemn book. Crace's characters are animated by timeless urges. His prose is startlingly specific about ancient life and Judea's harsh, terrible beauty. Unlike many authors of biblical fiction, he blends his research smoothly into his narrative and adds a leavening pinch of humor. Musa is like a preincarnation of Zero Mostel, especially when he orders flunkies to push a dead donkey over a cliff. Awaiting a sign from God, a surprised and unquestioning Jesus watches the carcass plunge past his cave opening...