Word: takedowns
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...Italian state is far from claiming final victory. "Cosa Nostra is built on a capacity to adapt to the time and situation, to camouflage itself and raise its head only when necessary," says a senior Palermo-based investigator who worked on the Lo Piccolo case. Lo Piccolo's takedown shuffles the deck in the organization, but hardly eradicates...
Which you certainly couldn't say about the French pavilion. The 54-year-old Parisian artist Sophie Calle has filled it with a multiroom installation, called Take Care of Yourself, which is an insanely energetic takedown of a ratty ex-boyfriend who walked out of her life with a pious, high-minded e-mail. Or did he? Halfway through this pavilion it occurred to me that the boyfriend, and the e-mail, might be fictitious. Which makes no difference to the deliciously over-the-top mechanisms of the piece...
There were certainly flashes of dominance. A 4-0 shutout of powerhouse Boston College. A stirring takedown of then-ECAC leader Quinnipiac. A redemptive come-from-behind victory in the ECAC playoff opener against Yale.But in the end, the 2007 edition of the Harvard men’s hockey team failed to live up to the lofty standards set by its predecessors, bowing out in the second round of the ECAC playoffs and missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2000-01 season.“It was incredibly disappointing,” senior Kevin Du said...
...advantage opportunity of its own. Junior Mike Taylor was able to net the rebound off of a shot by senior Ryan Maki to pull the teams even. Taylor, however, was unable to replicate the performance later when handed a golden opportunity. Golden Knights defenseman Grant Clitsome’s takedown of Taylor as the winger was on a breakaway set Taylor up for a penalty shot. But, like the rest of his teammates throughout the night, the forward was unable to find a way past Leggio. “Obviously, it’s frustrating...
...first three bouts, he came up against second-seeded Adam Frey of Cornell and lost in overtime, 9-7.Losing by four going into the final period, Preston made a comeback to tie the match at seven going into the sudden victory round, where Frey won the match after scoring a takedown.“I had a pretty tough weight class,” Preston said. “I thought I wrestled well in the semifinals, but I couldn’t pull it off in overtime.”In the second day of the tournament, Preston pinned Joseph...