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...your angle of vision. I have friends who really want to write stories with those elements, and do, and have an immensely good time. And that's all they're doing. I'm not interested in those stories. I like them as people, but that writing doesn't strike me as inherently interesting...
...While my roommates and I are quick to offer commentary on the conversations we overhear, none of us have bothered to walk down the stairs, climb up the next flight over and strike up some neighborly conversation face-to-face. It just isn’t done. Maybe most people decide that the source of all that ruckus couldn’t possibly be worth knowing, and don’t bother to find out. But I think there’s another explanation...
...going to let a team back in the game. It was a little sloppy, and it’ll be addressed.”Despite the mistakes, the game was already well out of reach due to the Crimson’s fifth and final touchdown, a 9-yard strike from Pizzotti to senior tight end Jason Miller in the end zone that had given Harvard a 38-10 lead.“We got beat by a better team today,” Cornell coach Jim Knowles said. “I think they beat us in all areas...
...focus and go about the job at hand.”The Big Red (1-8, 0-2), who came into the game having been outscored 21-5, proved no match for the Crimson. Co-captain Fucito opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a beautiful left-footed strike, and after Stamatis made it 2-0 right after halftime, Cornell never really threatened to get back into the match. Harvard coasted to the win in what was an uneventful last 30 minutes.“I think that we did really well in spurts,” Stamatis said...
...people who populate the novel are walking clichés. Pat’s father is a man whose emotional state rises and falls with the fate of his favorite football team, while his mother is an underappreciated wife and overworked mother who tries and fails to go on strike in an effort to win her husband’s understanding. Pat’s brother and friends lead lives that fall outside of Pat’s perception; each one blends seamlessly into the next as faceless Eagles fans. While the lifeless secondary characters further demonstrate Pat?...