Word: tigers
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Then, with 58 seconds left, junior forward Brad Unger was fouled and had a chance to put the Crimson up by two. If Harvard has Tiger demons, those demons were certainly present at the line, as Unger missed both free throws. But hope was not lost for the Crimson—sophomore forward Evan Harris then made the type of play that Princeton always seemed to make. He stripped Tigers forward Justin Conway of the ball with 30 seconds left and gave Harvard a chance to hold for the last shot...
Professional video gamer Jonathan (Fatal1ty) Wendel likes comparing himself to Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Tony Hawk. Wendel doesn't have a 350-yd. drive or a turnaround jumper, but he has dominated the PC-gaming field, winning 12 championships and collecting more than $500,000 in prize money and well over $1 million beyond that in sponsor deals. To prepare for big matches, Wendel says, he imports sparring partners from as far away as Finland, avoids alcohol and caffeine and runs a couple of miles a day. "Fitness is crucial," he says. "It's all about...
...buffer. And that takes attention." So learning, says Sirois, is essentially the laborious business of resolving mismatches. "The thing is, you can do a lot of it with this wet, sticky thing called a brain. It's a fantastic, statistical-learning machine." Daniel, exams ended, picks up a plastic tiger and, chewing thoughtfully upon its head, smiles as if to agree...
...celebrated tenor in movie versions of Cavallieri Rusticana, Pagliacci, La Traviata and Otello, all directed by Franco Zeffirelli. But I was mainly interested in the Chinese connection. I wanted to see ? hear, really ? what Tan Dun, the gifted composer who had won an Oscar for his scoring of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, would do with his epic subject. I also was eager to see the production, since it was to be staged by Zhang Yimou, director of many sublime Chinese dramas, including Hero, the worldwide martial arts hit for which Tan Dun had supplied the music. Further, the costumes...
...screens in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan. At 1:30 p.m. New York time, the Met's matinee will be beamed by satellite live to theaters equipped to present high-definition downloads, with HD sound. Introducing the event from the Met staircase will be Zhang Ziyi, the Crouching Tiger star who was discovered by Zhang Yimou. Come on, all you opera lovers who read my movvie reviews (and the one or two movie lovers), give it a try. Drop everything, jump in the car, and read the rest of this review when you come home...