Word: spectacularity
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...started out quietly last fall, feeding his teammates the puck, earning an assist here and there. Nothing flashy, nothing spectacular. But then something clicked—and all of a sudden, the puck started hitting the back of the net—and now, as the Harvard men’s hockey team heads into a new season with everything to prove, Brendan Bernakevitch’s secret...
...Forgotten has the makings of an intelligent paranoid thriller, but I found nothing spectacular or terrifying in it, only government agents scrambling to hide a conspiracy and scrambled plot lines trying to hide a lack of creativity, despite the guarantee a seemingly competent cast should offer. Julianne Moore’s Telly Paretta is a likeable everywoman. Her therapist (Gary Sinise), is appropriately authoritarian, while her husband (ER’s Anthony Edwards) appears to be phoning in his support from another planet. They are too hampered by the product they’ve been asked to deliver to hope...
...collage by artist Olga de Amaral complement the priceless jade place settings that have been a fixture of the restaurant since it opened a discreet door in 1984. Chef Cheung Kam-chuen, the establishment's guiding light from the beginning, has also devised commemorative dishes, including the spectacular Yunnan ham and flowering chives in a black truffle glaze, and poached lobster and bird's nest in egg white. "Guests have become increasingly discerning over the past 20 years," says Cheung. Fortunately, the restaurant has kept pace with them, every step...
Anders had several spectacular saves on the day, as he shut down a Crimson offense which had been on fire as of later, scoring 15 goals in five games...
Maybe it’s wrong to leave one’s country in this way, immoral and perfidious even. But to say so would be a massive act of hypocrisy, because this country has gained every time another nation or region has engaged in spectacular acts of ideologically-motivated stupidity. Jewish scientists fleeing Nazi Europe were a great boon to American academia, and the Pilgrims themselves moved here because continental Europe wasn’t working out for them. Leaving messed-up nations is not just an American tradition—it is the pragmatic instinct upon which this...