Word: sharper
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...Everyone thought he threw harder and sharper than he had since [an April 1 win against Princeton],” Brown said, referring to a jaw-dropping Ivy League debut in which the freshman struck out 11. “Adam’s a tremendous competitor. He wanted to put behind last week against Dartmouth. But then a couple of things happen...
...struggle to live up to the opportunities she was given over her friends—simply because of her wealth—adds a necessary element of pathos to the formidable comedy. The real sense that everyone in the boarding house is desperately struggling makes the comedy sharper and leaves the story far meatier than an equivalent Busby Berkley behind-the-scenes show. The comparable story of the era is “The Women,” which also took romantic comedy rhythm and wit to focus on a homosocial environment. But there is nothing in it quite...
There were heroes aplenty on the bloody battlefields of 1952, but their heroism served only to give a sharper sting to the frustration that already lay on the world...
...storytelling, Roberts takes after iconic singer-songwriters like John Lennon and Bob Dylan, whom he credits as his influences. "I'm trying to make my contribution to the great tradition of rock 'n' roll," he says, adding that it's a "lofty goal." He's already proved himself sharper than most...
Rather than being a groundbreaking first work on the topic, Dershowitz settles for just the “first work” part, serving up a dulled analysis of what might have been a sharper knife...