Word: pretzelism
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...Charles Foster” Kushner possible. 4. Kurtz-ian football coach Tim Murphy, for proving you don’t need players to win games. 5. Kaavya Viswanathan, for her contributions to literature. 6.Cine-ass Andrew Bujalski, for really, you know, capturing the zeitgeist or whatever. 7. Pretzel-in-Chief Will Marra, for being a good sport. 8. God, for being cool with everyone thinking they’re Him. 9. Filmmaker James Toback, for somehow not being dead yet. 10. Sex blogger Lena Chen, for last night. — J. Chris Beam and Nick Summers are 2006 graduates...
Break out the letter sweaters! It’s time for the annual spandex fest on the Charles, complete with pretzel stands to get your eat on, Reunion Village to get your prep school alumni contribution on, and Row-a-Palooza to get your jam on to bands Nada Surf and Arrested Development. Oh, and there’s rowing...
...first year in the pros was a disaster - the hometown crowd booed him lustily, and his sorry defense earned the nickname "Irk" (no D). He fit the prevailing stereotype of European players - very skilled shooters and passers who shy away from contact. Translation: softer than a Bavarian pretzel. "I was strictly a jump shooter," Nowitzki admits. "When [opponents] took that away, my game was pretty much over." Dallas almost lost him. "He was a choirboy," says Donnie Nelson, president of basketball operations for the Mavericks. "We were afraid that he was struggling so much, he was actually considering going back...
...skeptical. Last summer, I had read Brown’s earlier novel, “Deception Point,” which is decently entertaining but profoundly unremarkable. The sophomore effort features plenty of shadowy government officials, unbelievable technology, and pretzel-shaped plot twists, but the book is standard fare...
...sake and to please, please not turn the page yet. Now, what youngster can resist defying such a request? The narrative, a standard knight-rescuing-an-imprisoned-princess tale, unravels ridiculously as the overwhelmed Ned is forced to improvise. Tutus are substituted for missing armor, a giant pretzel replaces a dragon, and the hero falls through a hole in a half-drawn floor. Ultimately Ned quits, and a desperate Lendler runs out of the letter e as his book comes...