Word: skid
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...there's one thing more unsettling than a bunch of contestants dragging cameras to skid row as they vie for a book deal and TV pilot, it's seeing their responses critiqued as if they were singing a Christina Aguilera song ("You call that a speech?"). Messengers, to be fair, is self-conscious about that: in one scene, a homeless woman lectures TLC's cameras, "This ain't no damn zoo. These are human beings." She's right. This is possibly the best-intentioned--and creepiest--TV show you will see this year...
...ball into the bottom of the net for the win. The victory in the friendly confines of Jordan Field avenged a 2005 loss in Denver, a game which saw the Crimson leading 8-7 with 24 seconds remaining before two late Pioneer goals began a four-game Harvard skid. “I think we had last year in our minds,” Cohen said. “We definitely wanted to pay them back a little bit for that. So we were able to do that and beat a ranked team.” The victory...
...twelve seconds. The problems continued the following week in the O’Leary Cup with Dartmouth, as the Big Green beat the Black and White’s first varsity by six tenths of a second on the Connnecticut River. In New Haven Radcliffe could not snap the skid against rival Yale in its next regatta, the Chase Cup. The Bulldogs won every race, except for the novice eight. The Black and White followed up that loss with a stunning setback on the Charles to the Terriers in the race for the Allen-DeWolfe Trophy. Boston University...
...middle of the Hay Division pack. With no team stepping up to challenge division-leading East Stroudsburg, the league standings are wide open, and the Crimson could make a run at a top finish. Harvard plays three games this coming week with the hopes of righting its recent skid and making a playoff push. “Oftentimes, a win or a string of wins can be the morale booster, the cure-all,” McKiernan said. “We’re at a turning point right now.” “I know we?...
...first halftime lead in 10 games, looked more like the team that had begun the year 12-6 and 4-1 in league play than the one coming off its second straight 27-point loss and eighth in a row overall. Determined not to let the skid extend any further, Harvard recognized its three seniors before the game and then held off a second-half comeback by the Lions to send the graduates out on a positive note. “It was a very emotional night for everybody,” Beal said. “We were just...