Word: streaks
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...Since launching its colossally successful Spider-Man franchise in 2002, the movie studio has racked up at least $1 billion in North American box office revenues annually, even in years when the web-spinning superhero was on a hiatus. That streak was in jeopardy last year after a string of pricey flops (Remember Lords of Dogtown, Stealth and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo?). Although Sony wound up hitting the $1 billion mark, it sank to third in the year-end rankings, putting it out of the top two places for the first time in the Spider-Man era. "Last year...
...Thanks to a pair of three-point plays, from sophomore forward Evan Harris and freshman point guard Drew Housman, the Crimson led by 6-5 in the early going.From that point, however, the Wolverines clamped down on defense and took over the game, running off a 26-6 scoring streak that effectively ended the contest before halftime.“We just had trouble getting into our offense,” Harris said. “We’re not [used to] facing teams with their size, speed and athleticism. They were denying the entry passes to the wing...
Harvard’s devastating loss to Yale at this weekend’s football game is not the only bizarre phenomenon storming Cambridge this fall. Saturday’s loss, which broke Harvard’s five-year winning streak, also set the record for the warmest Game day in at least half a decade, according to national forecast provider AccuWeather. According to meteorologist John M. Pachelco from national weather source AccuWeather, the average daytime temperature in November has been 4.5 degrees above normal—defined as the average temperature from...
...almost two seconds. Dan Jones looked strong in the 200 fly, taking the race in 1:51.40 to notch his first of two wins in the butterfly events. It was then Columbia’s turn to put together a string of first-place finishes. Tobin White sparked the streak for the Lions with a win in the 50 free and Justin Reardon followed suit with a 299.10-point performance in the 1-meter dive, easily taking the event. White then rounded out the performance with a second victory in the 100 free. Degnan-Rojeski regained momentum for Harvard with...
...step up, and most times their defense took them away,” Murphy said. “The bottom line is that we had opportunities for plays, and either we did not connect for one reason or another or they made a great play.”THE STREAK ENDSThough Yale’s win over Harvard gave the Bulldogs a share of the Ivy League title, Princeton laid a legitimate claim to the league’s superior season. The Tigers beat the Bulldogs last week to give Yale its only conference loss, and Princeton?...