Word: standout
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...star Sean Penn. The movie will likely accomplish none of these goals, except perhaps the last. And even then, only if Matt Damon is taken out at the awards ceremony in a “Team America”-esque coup. Undoubtedly, Penn’s performance is the standout component of this generally mediocre movie. As Willie Stark transforms from an idealist political pawn into a power-hungry political machine, Penn astutely changes his character from an endearing underdog—who courts voters in a swamp—into a deceitful tyrant. Penn’s delivery...
...bounced back against Iona University, taking a 15-10 victory. On the final day of competition, Harvard, vying for a fifth-place finish, met Johns Hopkins but fell short of that goal, dropping the match 15-7. JOHNS HOPKINS 15, HARVARD 7 Harvard found its role reversed from a standout performance against Iona to a crippling loss against Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays claimed an early lead in the match, one that proved too difficult to overcome. “[Johns Hopkins] played very well and we simply didn’t,” Farrar said...
...Haven dusk just nine months before.***The eventual impact of the tumultuous offseason will be easy to measure on the field. Will the linebacking corps, which once looked like a strength of the team, bounce back from the loss of an experienced First-Team All-Ivy standout? With Pizzotti now out for three to five weeks, can Witt carry the load in Murphy’s pass-happy offense until O’Hagan or Pizzotti return? And will the team as a whole put the distractions behind it and deliver the championship team that many (including the Ivy League...
...Health Central's internship program points out that internships expose young people to accomplished adults in their desired professions - a great source for standout recommendations, many of which he has penned for his former interns...
...diminished Princeton side from a year ago and the Mountain Hawks are usually among the best the Patriot League has to offer. Lehigh quarterback Sedale Threatt is a legitimate one—threat, that is—and the Tigers lost the heart of their D in three departed standout linebackers and Jay McCareins. Princeton lacks the firepower to make this a shootout.Prediction: Lehigh 27, Princeton 10YALE VS. SAN DIEGO (2-0)Know how you can root against the Braves all year because they win the division every freaking time, until they reach the World Series and play a team...