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Today scientists manufacture buckyballs by the pound and in a variety of sizes and shapes, from flat sheets to long filaments. Some can hold atoms of other elements in their hollow interiors; others can conduct electricity. Given the versatility of buckyballs, scientists predict that they will someday be used for, among other things, drug-delivery systems, superfine electrical wires and hairlike tubes of unprecedented tensile strength...
...those movies where the entire film is defined by the central performance," concedes Collins director Neil Jordan. "And Liam carries the film through like a train. He never stops." To be sure, Collins provides Neeson with a lot of big scenes in which to holler and pound tables and make like a potential Academy Award winner, but the quieter moments are his most impressive ones. For example, in a scene in which Collins meets with a housemaid who has agreed to do some spying for him, Neeson throws her the kind of gently flirtatious smile that convinces us of Collins...
Throughout America, young children pound their new mitts in the quest to be like their sports heroes. Little League teams attract hordes of aspiring superstars...
Soon thereafter, however, senior midfielder Kevin Silva deftly pushed a pass up the left side, hitting streaking freshman striker Alan Bengtzen in stride. Bengtzen took the ball straight to the net and tried to pound it home. In hockey-esque fashion, the shot hit the Central Connecticut keeper, but the rebound came out to unmarked junior forward Tom McLaughlin who casually took care of business. Score it McLaughlin at 5:32 from Bengtzen and Silva...
...Crimson ignored the positive tone of our response and, in consequence, created an inaccurate and negative portrayal of the feelings of entering sophomores, of Adams House as a whole and of the process of randomization. Adams House is in fact a friendly and welcoming community of which we are pound to be a part --Sarah D. Pershouse '99, Meeghan H. Piemonte...