Word: rows
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According to most statistics, Princeton is no match for Harvard. Last week, for example, the Tigers gave up 527 yards to Colgate. The week before they were thoroughly outplayed for most of the game by Brown. Yet Princeton has won four in a row, primarily due to the fact that they have forced three turnovers per game...
Certainly Delbanco is conscious of the mechanics of his prose--quite literally, in fact. Ballard twice upbraids other characters for improper use of gerunds. Like Ballard, Delbanco has an ear for "pretty mots all in a row," and obviously takes care to produce affecting sentences. Unfortunately, his sometimes clever phrases usually detract from the overall quality of the work. Entire paragraphs are sometimes included just for the sake of one pun. Some sentences read like Delbanco took a thesaurus and looked up a longer synonym for any word under six letters...
...also scored three touchdowns for the second week in a row, bringing his team-leading total to nine...
...second week in a row, sophomore quarterback Rich Linden and Menick set career marks for yardage. Linden completed 21-of-37 passes for 272 yards, bettering last week's effort against Cornell by six yards...
...knew I was getting a lot of carries, but I try to take it one carry at a time," Menick said. "It was getting tough there because a couple times I had four or five carries in a row and was getting tired, but if you convince yourself you're not tired, you can make yourself feel better...