Word: stretch
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...driven scientific male who struggles to defeat death and the beatific, artistic female who courageously accepts it. Without the star wattage of real people to put over the chemistry of the characters, the authors never build up a convincing case for the timelessness of this relationship. They need to stretch out the quiet bits, but, even at over 160 pages, the pace has the accelerated feel of compressed film script...
...celebrity? Well, why wait? Now you can just pay to be admitted. The French company Soirée de Star provides the kinds of experience usually reserved for Kate Moss, Brad Pitt and their A-list cohorts: head to a premiere, paparazzi in pursuit; then step out of a stretch limo onto a red carpet to pose between beefy bodyguards as snappers jostle for position and an adoring press pack asks you to tell them how you came to be quite so fabulous. Anyone can stage their night as a notable with Soirée de Star's celebrity-status...
...down low, give them a pump fake and go through them,” Cornell forward Jason Hartford said of Stehle and Cusworth. “That’s what we tried doing all night, [and it] paid off down the stretch.”Even with the three foul-outs, coach Sullivan and the players were most upset with the call that gave the ball back to Cornell with 13 seconds to play. With Beal holding the ball for junior guard Jim Goffredo in the attempt to set up a last-second isolation, Big Red guard Graham...
...Crimson back up 77-74. However, Collins got the ball again from the same spot on the floor, and this time got a better look at the basket to tie the score. “As the captain, I feel like it’s my responsibility down the stretch to give us the push over the edge to help us win,” Collins said. “If we were going to win or lose, it was going to be on my shoulders, so I wanted to get the shots.” Despite Collins?...
...League’s other top freshman, Cornell’s Jeomi Maduka, an athletic forward with a quick first step and a drive-first mentality. Despite the two early fouls, Rollins did not pick up her third until 3:12 remained in the second half—a stretch during which she scored 12 of her career-high 19 points and held the explosive Maduka to five.“I was pretty angry after the first half [with the foul trouble],” Rollins said. “I was ready to come out in the second...