Word: standout
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...arrival of Halloween always brings with it a plethora of horror-related media, including comix. This season's standout graphic novel focuses on one of the scariest of all horrors: high school. The title of Charles Burns' long-awaited book, Black Hole (Pantheon; 368 pages; $25), says it all. For many people-including myself, naturally-high school felt like an endless, inescapable vacuum without air or light. Unlike more conventional horror stories set among high school kids, where each one gets "offed" by a masked killer, Black Hole uses the worst parts of emerging adulthood, like changing bodies, alienation...
...chose Pete Rose. He’s no Harvard man, though, but the gambling, slap-hitting, balls-out, uncouth pariah of professional baseball fame. The correct answer—Neil—got fewer votes than Dave.Which of the following is not the name of a recent Harvard football standout? Kevin Rogus, Carl Morris, and Dante Balestracci.A sharp-shooter for the basketball team, stud wide receiver, and fierce middle linebacker, respectively. All three athletes had four freshmen pick them out (two simply didn’t have a clue). The budding statisticians and sociologists among the readership will surely...
...Versace’s off-putting stage presence distracted from his competent chops: he mouthed—with great enthusiasm—every note that he played on the keyboard. Statham, though his trombone skills were limited, turned out to be a great singer and performer, especially on the standout “I Don’t Need No Doctor,” which featured a burning double-time jazz-improv section. And yet, whenever Versace was not singing or playing, he tended to retreat to the wall behind the stage—or, worse, to the band room...
These facts are nice, but they are also deceptive. The Tigers still have a shaky quarterback situation, they lack a standout wide receiver, and, aside from last weekend’s matchup with the Lions, they have had trouble moving the ball in general...
...standout junior tailback Clifton Dawson, Saturday’s loss to Lehigh was a tale of two lines: the sideline, where he spent substantial chunks of the first and fourth quarters, and the line of scrimmage, which he struggled to break on many of his 15 carries...