Word: shave
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Essentially this will be the third shave of the campaign for the Crimson squad. Some only clipped (used clipping shears instead of razors) for Indiana, and Hackett didn't even do that before Easterns, but for most, this will be the third time with the Trac...
...Gators finished a strong third last year and return virtually intact. They have qualifiers in every event and perhaps most importantly, needed to shave only half their team to defend their Southeast Conference title and to meet the NCAA's ever-improving time standards...
Considering the state of his health and the fact that he is saving his shave for the NCAAs, Hackett's time of 15:14.94 (which only three people bettered at last year's national meet) was nothing short of spectacular...
...past years, individuals might shave for dual meets, particularly the Harvard-Princeton meet, but the ritual of the entire team shaving together (kinky as it might sound) waited until the Easterns. Hence, the time drops at this first big championship meet may not be as spectacular as usual. However, Crimson coach Joe Bernal points out that "coming off of Indiana we are feeling pretty confident of what we are capable of doing...and about going into the meet as the favorite...
Cruising is unsatisfying as drama and disturbing as a sexual statement. Several brilliant moments of cinematic tension get lost in a rush of misguided, Puritan moralism. Pacino's shave in his final sequence connotes the removal of Cain's permanent scar or Hester Prynne's letter, as if homosexuality were a blight on American society that must be removed through violence. Friedkin claims Cruising "is not an indictment of the homosexual community," yet tacked-on words cannot temper his dangerously powerful images. There are real demons to exorcise--beyond Christopher...