Word: superhumanize
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McCurdy has always gotten the most out of his teams by making superhuman demands on his athletes, and more than one Harvard runner has found training under the venerable coach a more cerebral than physical exercise. McCurdy is particularly renowned for playing mind games on his runners, and at a recent banquet held in his honor, the University recognized McCurdy's motivational abilities by awarding him an honorary degree in psychology...
While Cook was demonstrating his superhuman skills, the Crimson was looking decidedly mortal Harvard had trouble finding the midfield line, and the refs took great pleasure in calling numerous penalties. The passing was tentative, and most costly of all were the slashing and interference calls that gave the Blue Jays several man-up sitations...
Five seconds left in the game, and Princeton, ahead by a point, has the ball, The Ivy title's on the line, and Harvard is playing superhuman defense. Tiger point guard Gary Knapp looks around in wild desperation--there's no-one open, no-one at all. Finally it comes, the referee's whistle. And everyone's on their feet, screaming, as the ref tosses up the jump ball that could decide the game...
Five seconds left in the game, and Princeton, ahead by a point, has the ball. The Ivy title's on the line, and Harvard's playing superhuman defense. Tiger point guard Gary Knapp looks around in wild desperation--there's no-one open, no-one at all. Finally it comes, the referee's whistle. And everyone whirls to look at a little arrow on the scorer's table. It's pointing at Princeton, and the game is all but over...
...lusty, Latin, sexually frustrated wife, but she fails to being much originality to this fairly conventional role. As character actors, Warden and Kiel deliver their roles in the usual manner: Warden as the gruff but lovable paternal figure, Kiel (remember Jaws in the James Bond movies?) as the superhuman giant who picks up and throws lots of very heavy objects. Kiel shines only briefly when, in a moment of vanity, he prances like a stud to the tune of Frankie Valli's "Walk Like...