Word: pitches
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...ability to change people's lives for the better. But not everyone. Bernie Madoff is on this year's list. So is one of the world's most notorious drug dealers. In the end, we tried to cover as much ground as possible--and to match our subjects with pitch-perfect writers: Oprah Winfrey on Michelle Obama, Ted Turner on T. Boone Pickens (and vice versa), Roger Federer on Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie on Cambodian activist Somaly Mam. All bring passion and expertise to their portraits. Some, like filmmaker Michael Moore on the aforementioned Madoff, bring a note of polemics...
...game were meant to be a comprehensive review of the team’s season, yesterday’s matchup against Northeastern at O’Donnell Field featured the best and worst that the Crimson’s 2009 campaign had to offer.There were the all too familiar pitching and defensive breakdowns that prevented Harvard from positioning itself among the Ivy League’s elite and contending for the Rolfe Division title this season.But there were also the offensive outbursts and late-inning rallies that pulled the Crimson out of the Rolfe basement and marked...
...dressed down for class, wearing summer clothing instead of his normal suit, take one shot. Also, playfully acknowledge his effort by taking off your shirt. 4. By this time of the semester, your professor’s voice may sound only like a mild buzzing that occasionally changes in pitch slightly. Approach this like it is a power hour. 5. Ask your TF penetrating and thoughtful questions about their summer plans. For every minute you get them to indulgently divulge, everyone else has to take a shot. Stealing questions is fair game. 6. Sit behind the girl that?...
...those unaware, Auto-Tune is a software program that alters singers' voices to achieve perfect pitch. Used too much - or when they're not actually singing because, y'know, they're on the news - it makes people sound electronic. Cher was the first to use Auto-Tune in her 1998 hit "Believe," and since then everyone from Kanye West to Faith Hill has gotten by with a little technical assistance. (Auto-Tune isn't always a way to cheat; Daft Punk turned it into another instrument when they wanted to go all futuristic/animated in their video, "One More Time...
...many verbal jabs, the umpires suffered the majority of Dartmouth’s ire.A tight strike zone from home plate umpire Brian Troupe gave both sides trouble, but the crowd erupted when Troupe refused to grant Big Green center fielder Brett Gardner first base after being hit by a pitch, ruling that the batter had failed to make an effort to get out of the way. Although disgruntled fans had a few choice words for the men in blue, Walsh implied that Dartmouth’s supporters may have suffered from selective memory—sophomore catcher Tyler Albright received...