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Four inches taller and 20 pounds heavier than Boulerice, Marques Redd appeared a daunting adversary. The two met in the arm-wrestling arena (a wooden picnic table on The Crimson’s roof) and immediately began criticizing the setup. “This table is at a weird angle!” “There’s too much sliding action.” Elevation, stress, anxiety—whatever the cause, Boulerice started to doubt his abilities. “I don’t even know how to arm-wrestle,” he whispered...
...drained of strife. So this year two things were striking: that Blair came in for something of a rough ride, and that old-fashioned oratory, from Blair and then his special guest Bill Clinton, mesmerized the dissenters. Like any good two-man performance, it had its own careful rhythm: setup and payoff, stern and then sunny. The serious bit came early in the session, after delegates, by a 2-to-1 margin, rebuked Blair for his plans to deliver more public services with private contractors. Chastened he was not. The Prime Minister promised even more privatization, in a keynote speech...
...underscore its theme of better crime fighting through science. Its spin-off, CSI: Miami (CBS, Mondays, 10 p.m. E.T.), likewise offers stylish flashback scenes, overexposed with flashbulb-like bursts of light, and special effects that take us on a Fantastic Voyage--style journey inside pieces of evidence. The setup is similar enough to satisfy CSI fans, but the few variations are missteps, especially the grim performances and the broadly telegraphed sexual tension between leads David Caruso and Kim Delaney. Still, in a show where "acting" consists of wearing a lab coat and staring meaningfully at a rivet or a corpse...
Andrews was credited with one other assist for the day just eight minutes after the opening whistle against Penn—a setup for her senior roommate Philomena Gambale...
After whizzing through the same setup back at my pad, I placed the first call using my home phone. Once Swati picked up, I pushed a button on my Beamer to start the video feed. In about 15 seconds (during which we couldn't speak to each other), up popped Swati's pretty face. Well, she actually looks much better in person, but because the lighting was bad in her apartment, Swati's face was covered in shadows. Mine came through clear and bright...