Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With James' status in doubt, Harvard's already thin bench will be expected to pick up some of the slack. Matt McClain has filled James' starting role admirably, but beyond McClain and freshman Jabbar Abdi, no other backcourt players have significant game experience. That may have to change...
...JOKES wear thin at times, and the slickness of the production occasionally detracts from the playful spontaneity that have historically made Pudding shows so fun to watch. With $300,000 to spend on a production, one can lose sight of the fact that it's young men dressed up like mommy up there. Hasty Pudding Theatricals could spend a million more and it still wouldn't be great theater...
...visitor to the Faculty Club, you will also get to see the printed menu at the entrance to the main dining room. The "special dinner menu" for this week featured "carpaccio of veal--thin slices of cured veal served on a sauce prepared with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, onions, parmesan cheese, and capers." As an appetizer...
...those pinpoint strikes on Iraqi targets -- actually represents some fairly straightforward bombing. The key technology is a simple laser detector on the nose of a glide bomb that is electronically linked to adjustable fins in the bomb's tail. All the pilot has to do is point a pencil-thin laser beam at his target and push a button. A stabilizing computer keeps the beam locked in place, freeing the pilot to pitch and roll as necessary to evade enemy fire while the bomb rides along the beam's reflection, flying into the target like a moth to a flame...
...next morning's attempts to climb down the ridge were impeded by waist to chest-level snow and ice. Those efforts were further blocked by thin ice that often gave way, soaking the hikers' feet and slowing their progress...