Word: streaks
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...curious omission in all three films is ... sex. Horror movies love to tantalize their (mostly male) viewers with images of lust, the better to punish it. It's a weirdly anti-life streak that runs through most vampire movies, where one dies, or becomes undead, with a single love bite; death those movies say, is a sexually transmitted disease. Even the non-supernatural horror films, from Psycho to Halloween to Hostel, tend to begin with young people having sex-play, then kill them off. Hostel, whose first 40 mins. are a-groan with luscious young women, eventually turns to more...
...third paragraph.Under super-competitive coach Phil Estes, Brown is an improving team with a lot of pride. With Zak DeOssie in the middle of their defense, the Bears have a chance to shut down Penn’s rushing attack and send the Quakers on a season-ending losing streak. Paced by a defense that ranks towards the top of the Ivies in the major statistical categories, Penn is guaranteed to be in the thick of things until the final weekend. The team is led by a bruising tailback who shoulders much of the offensive burden. Plus, the Quakers...
Last Saturday, the Crimson fell, 31-28, in a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of No. 12 Princeton, ending its undefeated season and nine-game winning streak, as well as diminishing its chances for the Ivy League title...
...make him make a decision to come out.” When teams and players come into a game this prepared, there is no question about who will emerge victorious. And with an offensive leader like Hoff, Harvard looks to be in position to continue its six-game winning streak. —ABIGAIL M. BAIRD and GABRIEL M. VELEZ
...special teams, a key fourth-down call, the return of O’Hagan from suspension, and some head-scratching officiating marked the highs and lows of Harvard’s 31-28 loss to Tigers on Saturday. Last time, Harvard’s loss sparked a long win streak; this one served as the opposite bookend. Though the score and the repercussions were different, one element reigned supreme in both contests: drama.“Princeton is a very close second to our Yale game in terms of a rivalry,” said Crimson coach Tim Murphy following...