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Success happens, but the failures are more memorable, and more spectacular. The facial contortions and annoying speech patterns that made Jim Carrey funny did not work in dramatic fare like “The Majestic,” and Michael Jordan’s endurance and sweet stroke did not propel him to stardom in baseball. Some talents simply do not hold up well under experimentation...
...think getting curricular reform enacted was a major achievement, and getting [the] curricular reform so good that everyone could agree to it is the exclamation point on an already spectacular deanship,” Petrie Professor of Law Einer R. Elhauge ’82 said in an e-mail...
...exceptional week is not a total surprise. Mann has had many impressive matches along the way, including a shutout earlier in the season against St. Mary’s. In that game in September, Mann had a spectacular diving save in the 85th minute to preserve...
...because it rethinks the show in any significant way, or introduces any spectacular new talents. Even the biggest name in the new cast - Charlotte D'Amboise, as Cassie, the former headliner on her way down - has the taint of a Broadway also-ran; she was the replacement brought in when Christina Applegate fractured her foot in previews for the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity, then got the shaft when Christina hobbled back onstage faster than anyone expected. But these hard-working, high-kicking troupers earn their ovations the old fashioned way: they showcase the material with solid, energetic professionalism - which...
...Only Thing Better in Iraq Than in the U.S. - Sunsets. Spectacular. It's from all the dust...