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...islands off South Carolina and Georgia, an old woman teaches her granddaughter the intricate art of sewing sweet-grass baskets. It's a skill that goes back to the West Africa of four centuries ago, what is now Sierra Leone and Senegal. This eloquently written, resplendently illustrated book tells how the practitioners of that art endured enslavement and deportation to America, the Civil War, the coming of the 20th century and the social dislocations of World War II--all the while struggling to preserve their native traditions. Today sweet-grass baskets are sewn mostly for the tourist trade, but that...
...aggressive. Professional wrestler Triple-H, in the role of a vampire thug, seems dumb, but conveys no actorly mannerisms. He is either really dumb or really good at acting really dumb. Kris Kristofferson is good at affecting Jesus with a laconic absence of humor, which I suppose is a skill in itself, like Al Jolson’s dancing in blackface. James Claveziel, take note: you should pray to have Kristofferson’s screen presence when you reach his age. And then, of course, Wesley Snipes is truly phenomenal...
...Skill abounds, and this team is capable of making a lot of noise, though not a lot of noise had been made about...
Koizumi tied it at 1-1 early in the second period, but offensive linchpin Nicole Corriero put the Crimson back on top with the finishing touches on a vivid display of team skill. Vaillancourt freed the puck at the Harvard end to junior Julie Chu, who fed it ahead to Correiro off the boards on the left side. Corriero took off down the wing, cutting right at the last minute and threading a shot into the top right corner...
Next year, the skill positions on offense will be somewhat up in the air with a new quarterback lining up under center and a new wide receiver to go along with Corey Mazza. Yet if Dawson and the offensive line can help to get the younger players acclimated, perhaps the reverse of this year will be true: a staunch experienced defense will help to guide in a new era of Crimson football under a young offense...