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...modest, matter-of-fact approach to the game. It’s an approach that has earned the 265-pound tackle from Stamford, Conn. Preseason All-American honors as well as double-teams on virtually every play. And though those double teams have resulted in numbers slightly less spectacular than you’d see otherwise—he’s sixth on the team in total tackles—Berg still anchors a Harvard defensive line that ranks first in I-AA in both sacks levied as well as rushing yards surrendered.Berg alone is responsible for eight...
...proving that it can be just as boring as its predecessor. “Taking the center from the margins” seems to be the raison d’être of several of the best films produced in culture-war-America over the past year, from the spectacular “Brokeback Mountain” to the delightful “Little Miss Sunshine.” But director Steven Shainberg and screenwriter Erin Cressinda Wilson—the creative minds behind the charmingly idiosyncratic S&M romantic comedy “Secretary?...
...Water” from modern attempts to wrestle with the issues they discuss (besides the language gap and the prevalence of color film), is the care with which the directors treat their films. Today, we seem to regard bigger and faster as inherently better, with more dialogue, scenes, and spectacular effects popping up in film after film.In a New York Times piece on the movie, critic Manohla Dargis quoted Serbian director Dusan Makavejev: “[Yugoslavian filmmakers] had to use artistic means to work around the government so we could tell a story,” he said...
...Battle of New Orleans, famously fought after the Treaty of Ghent—which formally ended the war—is chronicled with each spectacular and likely little-known detail. Jackson, feeling the constraints of his small army, even sent a proclamation to black recruiters, saying, “Through a mistaken policy, you have heretofore been deprived of a participation in the glorious struggle for national rights in which your country is engaged—this no longer shall exist. As sons of freedom you are now called upon to defend your most inestimable blessing...
...halftime, we spoke amongst ourselves and with the coaches about how we needed to raise our level, but at the same time, be confident in our own abilities knowing that we would score goals,” captain Charles Altchek said.The breakthrough for the win came on a spectacular play by the Crimson rookies. Chey Im received the ball in the midfield and threaded a perfect pass straight up the gut of the offensive zone to freshman André Akpan. Akpan, who was very nearly offsides, took the ball almost all the way to the end line on the right...