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...Carroll] has worked awfully hard in practice,” Donato said. “You know [he] deserved an opportunity. Now in his first three games, he’s grabbed the opportunity and played well.”On Saturday night, Carroll was forced to make some spectacular saves to keep Harvard in the game against a crushing Big Red offense. Case in point: the second-year gloved a powerful slapshot during a Cornell power play late in the first period to keep the score even going into the break.Carroll’s ability to remain calm...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Harvard Takes Win In Historic Pairing | 2/17/2009 | See Source »

...Today [Carroll] made a couple of spectacular saves on their power play,” Donato said. “He kept us in there at times and allowed us to get that third goal, which...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Beats Cornell in Latest Installment of Rivalry, Gains Ground in Conference | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

...third-consecutive national title.But Harvard certainly had its chances.Masterful performances by No. 5 junior Katherine O’Donnell and No. 6 sophomore Bethan Williams were offset with losses by No. 3 freshman Emily Park, No. 9 sophomore Ali Zindman, and No. 2 sophomore June Tiong.Williams displayed some spectacular shot-making in her victory, adeptly adjusting to balls off the back glass, reflexive chop volleys, and potent defensive lobs to defeat the Tigers’ Maggie O’Toole (7-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-5), who a week earlier had bested Williams, 3-1.With the score...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls in Howe Cup Game with Heartbreaker | 2/16/2009 | See Source »

...Shot mostly in coral reefs around Indonesia and Australia, this one required lugging enormous equipment (total weight: 8,000 lb.) about in boats and logging vast numbers of hours under the sea for a mere 40 minutes of screen time. But the brevity of the film, and the spectacular oddness of the creatures, leave you - and, perhaps more crucially, your children - wanting more. Awww moments, the tentpoles of so many nature documentaries, are mostly reserved for the sea lions, who apparently enjoy looking at themselves in the camera's reflective lens. Carrey is by turns serious and goofy, which mostly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Under the Sea: Fish Tales in 3-D | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...onstage, the Cramps were spectacular. Interior could stoke a crowd with writhing and pogo-ing that made Iggy Pop look like a folksinger, and when he opened his mouth to deadpan songs like "I Was a Teenage Werewolf," he could make the crowd laugh too. Perhaps the Cramps' most perfect performance was a 1978 concert at the Napa State Mental Hospital in California. "Somebody told me you people are crazy," Lux screamed from the stage, "but I'm not so sure about that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lux Interior | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

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