Word: spectacularity
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Everybody appreciates good losers. During the Olympics, we adore spectacular ones. Remember British ski jumper Eddie the Eagle or the 1988 Jamaican bobsledders? Such efforts are so amazingly futile that the athletes win fans' hearts, if no medals, and garner the kind of media adoration that even winners don't usually...
Butyrskaya also wants that distinction. The lanky Muscovite is known to skate spectacular short programs. If she doesn't run out of steam in the 4-min. free program, she has a good chance...
Some telecom companies are getting a second look, partly because more than a few use Arthur Andersen, Enron's auditor, but also because many achieved their once spectacular growth partly by immediately recognizing revenue from long-term contracts, analysts say. Qwest has received the most attention because its merger with US West opened the door to other accounting issues. Qwest has denied that it did anything wrong. "Think about a bottle of wine," former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt said in a speech two years ago. "You wouldn't pop the cork on that wine before it was ready. But some...
Fahey’s numbers this season have been nothing short of spectacular. His scoring line of 12-21-33 is tied for best in the nation among defensemen...
...plenty to cheer about. Firstly, except for the second half Saturday night the team was making its shots. Dating back to the Penn game in early January, Harvard was shooting over 50 percent. Timely buckets, and junior guard Pat Harvey’s propensity for finishing off drives in spectacular, Allen Iverson-like manner got the fans on their feet every time...