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Donald Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck”), in the role of Marshall University’s president, is also a standout. Though Strathairn faces a great deal of criticism for continuing the football program, he stands by what he considers to be the desire of the student body...
Yesterday, the standout on the Harvard men’s soccer team was called into the United States Under 20 men’s national training camp, which will take place between Dec. 12 and 20 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla. It is the prelude to the American team competing in the 2007 CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament...
...while some authors travel the worn path of recycling well-known protagonists, some of the best are the more daring, which experiment with giving their secondary characters lead roles, such as the gritty “Epitaph,” a true standout that avoids the typecasting that plagues so many of the other stories in this volume...
...adorned with velvets and tartans, and over 200 years of Colquhoun-family portraits peer down at guests reading in the well-stocked library, savoring a single malt in the Rossdhu Bar or enjoying a formal yet friendly dinner in one of the house's two opulent dining rooms. (Two standout dishes are the fillet of beef with rosti potatoes, celeriac cream and wild mushrooms, and the honey-and-mascarpone parfait with roasted figs.) The golf course is closed during the winter, but if you still have a sporting itch, try your hand at salmon fishing or clay-pigeon shooting. Chances...
What makes “Kingdom Come” unique is that it’s much more relaxed than any of Jay-Z’s previous albums. It lacks the ferocity that he showed in previous standout tracks like “Threats” or “Renegade.” But the slower pace has enabled him to more fully display his masterful lyrical technique, making each intricate rhyme scheme and well-placed allusion perfectly audible...