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...Clooney responds: “A little, did I rush? I felt like I rushed.” With any other director, the quip might have been left on the cutting room floor, but with its inclusion, Soderbergh breaks down cliche and gives himself licence to stretch the bounds of convention. Dusty avoids the Rat Pack’s liquid lunch of scotch and soda and instead spoons yogurt by the crateful, and Linus munches antacid tablets like they’re candy—neither are prototypical two-bit hoods...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Always Double Down on 'Eleven' | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

Either Toole or Onyekwe, the Ivy League’s 7th-leading scorer last season, could emerge as the go-to guy down the stretch for Penn...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivies: Pennsylvania Has The Players to Make Ivies Forget Last Year | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...that do not have enough room for all affiliates to live onsite. With full kitchens, cable television and underground parking for those with cars, DeWolfe apartments are a considered by many to be a sweet deal; DeWolfe is not the Jordan “projects” by any stretch of the imagination. But the problems of overflow housing still affect residents of DeWolfe. Many students in DeWolfe feel isolated from their House communities, both physically and socially. Kirkland House residents have to walk past the dining halls of four other Houses if they wish to return...

Author: By Lauren E. Baer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Overflowing—But Not With Joy | 12/5/2001 | See Source »

...tunes. For all her critical failure, at least songs like 1999’s “Sometimes” and 2000’s “Lucky” possessed melodies liable to stick in one’s head for days. Instead, Britney is one long stretch of discouraging filler songs virtually devoid of melody. Where a workable melody does exist, as in “That’s Where You Take Me,” her producers smother it with excessively jerky beats and incoherence. Perhaps her all-star cast of producers were too highly...

Author: By Stanley P. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Britney: Big Girls Don't Grrrrrrowl | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Both teams host Cornell tomorrow. Given the talent and leadership of the two squads, it’s not a stretch to suggest that the parallels between them—not conceding a game to Brown, winning the Ivy scrimmage title, hosting Cornell—might well continue all the way through the Ivy League and national championships...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Squash Teams Pursue Twin Titles | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

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