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...Opening Day, and Brown had gotten the call. Kansas leadoff batter Stevie Cristoso came to the plate, and before long, was caught looking as the ball sizzled past her for the first strikeout of Brown’s career.The freshman couldn’t have asked for a better start??or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said. “Last year I was definitely a strikeout pitcher, but I didn’t expect...
...demonstrates that she, too, can admit weaknesses and regrets. She includes an endearing number called “Who’d Have Known,” a cautious confession of the awkward anxieties of a nascent attraction, and a long apology called “Back to the Start?? in which she repents the past pettiness she displayed towards a sibling. “Back to the Start?? is oddly set to a techno beat, when it could have benefited from a slower, soulful pace, but this compositional decision does lend the piece a gushing...
...arresting “City of God,” ingeniously captures the sensation of being infected by the white blindness that mysteriously afflicts the film’s urban population. Shot in natural, almost milky tones, “Blindness” enjoys a visually striking and promising start??but this promise is only ephemeral. As the film progresses, the initially creative cinematography becomes tacky and ostentatious while the excitement of the storyline wanes exponentially. Ultimately, “Blindness,” based on Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago’s novel...
...shouldn’t the system be a little more meticulous and franker than the arbitrary placement of police cruisers beyond kinks in the road, under bridges and behind bushes? If my original plan to permit quick drivers in question a ten-second ‘head-start?? will not be tolerated—and I’m sure it won’t be—then mightn’t we at least trust motorists to cope with highly accurate and high-visibility cameras, placed nearly everywhere? We would save taxpayer dollars, reduce payouts...
Junior goalkeeper Joseph Alexander—in only his second start??made five saves for the team to help pull...