Word: swaggering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Princess Bride. In this film, Caspian is a callow gallant, too sensitive in his fights with Miraz to close the duel. (He'll grow up fast in the next one.) But the CGI supporting characters are the big attraction here: Reepicheep, a mouse with some of the charming swagger of Antonio Banderas' Puss in Boots from the Shrek movies; stately tree warriors who come to Caspian's aid; magical leaves that swirl into a woman's shape; and a bearded water god who rises like some stern patriarch to drown a slew of infidels. Lots of cool stuff...
...addition to the optimism of his players, Fish brings a seasoned swagger to Ann Arbor. The winningest coach in Harvard history has led his squads to an impressive 12 victories in tournament matches. Considering that no member of the team has competed in the NCAA team tournament, Fish has endowed his squad with crucial perspective...
...court.”Kumar’s match at No. 1 appeared to be in the bag, with Kumar serving at 5-4 in the second set with three match points. But then Kumar careened off the rails, hitting four straight double faults. He never recovered his swagger from that dry spell, eventually losing 3-6, 7-6, 11-9.—Staff writer Jonathan B. Steinman can be reached at steinman@fas.harvard.edu...
...regulars; Courtney Love wrote a love letter to Kurt Cobain in one of the suites. It's exactly the setting you would expect from the self-styled "rebel billionaire," the man who signed the Sex Pistols and the Stones to Virgin Records and then tried to bring that same swagger and cheek to the airline business at Virgin Atlantic. I ask him about his mother, a stewardess in the glamour days of the 1950s, and Branson launches into a well-worn tale about her blithely crossing the Atlantic on an airline whose planes didn't always cover the distance...
...routine,” Stone said. “It’s always nicer when you can stay at home and not have to take the act on the road, for sure.”Harvard is undefeated at home this season, and the team carries an understandable swagger when playing at Bright.After the game, Kessler lauded the sensation of having “the crowd, the fans, the feeling of being at home and knowing that this is our house and that no one’s going to beat us in this rink...