Word: spar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doubter rushes at him. They mock-spar, and everyone laughs. Randy, a lanky boy who wears his hair in a mohawk, pulls out a fake black mustache. The doubter grabs it from him, sticks it on and starts jabbing the air with his fists. He hands it back a minute later...
...Maryland, all might have been well. But inevitably, Maggie and Ike leave their fairy tale roots behind and fall in love, at which point any energy the movie had to begin with is lost. There is a painful lack of chemistry between Roberts and Gere as lovers, though they spar well as antagonists. They look bored with one another. And why shouldn't they be? They know how the movie is going to end. We all do. Perhaps that vaguely sorry look in their eyes is a longing for the movie that could have been...
...forget Charly (Patrich Mercado) and Fredo (Jo Prestia), two bouncer/bikers with whom Marie and Isa at first spar and then hang out. Sensitive and self-conscious Charly especially is not your stereotypical biker whose modified muffler leaves city canyons quaking. The somewhat roly-poly fellow somberly and touchingly informs Marie that he knows many people are turned off by his weight. Even when the two bikers are pressing rolled-up francs into their friends' hands, for all the implicit paternalistic reek there's not a note of honest care absent...
...role-playing to a frighteningly bizarre level. The Society credits itself with "recreat[ing] the good aspects of the Middle Ages in the modern world." Yes, membership in this club does indeed require one to don chain mail and brandish a rubber saber. But consider the perks. One staged spar in front of the Science Center will surely hook you-there's nothing quite like that first "Connecticut Yankee" adrenaline rush. President Alice H. Kao `01 says club membership is tailored to individual interests, noting that "there are different parts of the club. Depending on your interests, you can make...
...next home matches will occur in February,when the Crimson will spar against theconsistently strong Ivy League