Word: strides
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...Tuesday night he will stride across the red carpet, accompanied by that nonpareil paparazzi magnet Angelina Jolie, for the screening of Changeling. The speculation is that Eastwood has a better shot at winning this year because the head of the festival Jury is Sean Penn, who won the best actor Oscar for Mystic River and may think he owes Clint a favor. It's also the consensus that this session of Cannes, where more than half the competing films have already been shown, is a relatively weak one, and that Eastwood's most acclaimed competitor so far is the Israeli...
...after they had begun their rounds.The greens gave Harvard a lot of trouble throughout the tournament. The Bermuda grass and the heat combined to make the greens incredibly firm and fast, something that the team does not see back East.The Crimson, though, was able to take the unfamiliarity in stride.“Getting to go to a completely different part of the country and see the other competition,” Hazlett said. “That’s a step above of [the Ivy League], and being able to compete on that level and know that...
Halfway into the racing season, the Harvard varsity heavyweights seem to have hit their stride. Following an exciting 0.5-second win over Princeton last weekend, the varsity eight claimed open water victories over both Navy and Penn to retain the Adams Cup for the ninth consecutive year. The Crimson finished the turn-laden course over three seconds before Navy and almost 15 seconds ahead of Penn. “For us, it’s good to have another win under our belts,” captain six-seat Joe Medioli said. “Given last weekend against Princeton...
Strong would be an understatement for the blossoming rookie. In Harvard’s April 12-13 series with Yale, O’Neill finally found his stride, going 5-for-5 with three runs in a 12-2 win over the Bulldogs. The freshman showed the performance was no fluke the following day, going 2-for-4 with a run in the Crimson?...
...backs are against the wall. Anything other than four wins [against Brown] would be disappointing.”Considering the squad has a slim chance of accomplishing its goal of winning the Ivy League, it is a bit ironic that the Crimson has finally found its stride. In the last four contests, Harvard has scored an average of 8.25 runs per game. The team, however, dropped two of those games—one loss came from a walk-off homer against the Bulldogs and the other from a walk-off infield single against Northeastern.“The thing that?...