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...Harvard team continued their stellar performance into the final round...
Portland and Sacramento have suffered similar fates. Jason Williams has apparently spent more time passing the bong than thrilling the crowd with his dizzying array of acrobatic assists. His behavior towards the fans has been less than stellar as well, as seen by his recent tirade of racial epithets at a Golden State...
It’s fascinating stuff from a fascinating life, and Demme coaxes strong performances out of a stellar ensemble cast. (He’s done this before: I’d be the first to admit that I find Beautiful Girls very moving.) Memories of The Ninth Gate notwithstanding, Depp is very good as always, while Cruz does her best with the flat character that is high-living Mirtha. Potente is sunshine and charm, even if her German accent does creep into one scene. Ray Liotta gives a performance of grace as Fred Jung, George’s father...
Shaughnessy’s reading followed a different course, as does her poetry, which has found its place not only at The Paris Review, but also with Jonathan Galassi at Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, a publishing house with a stellar poetry list that is not known for frequently taking on young, new poets. At the reading, Shaughnessy described her own language as being made up of ‘sound-bytes,’ and I would add that her poems, in the consistency of their composition, form a scrapbook of those sound bytes, running together in their similarity, each...
Unfortunately for Harvard, Nyweide’s teammates were much less stellar in the field. With sophomore defensive catcher Brian Lentz absent from the lineup, Rhode Island was very aggressive on the basepaths. The Rams effectively used the hit-and-run, and six Harvard errors only helped them...