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Pizzotti set the tone from the beginning, leading the Crimson to its first touchdown on the team’s first possession with a five-play drive that was capped by a 41-yard touchdown strike to senior Corey Mazza...
...opening paragraph, betrays a nostalgia for a kinder, gentler moviescape, back when stars spoke love in whispered metaphors and a leading lady knew how to get out of a limo without exposing her crotch. But that notion of refinement was a fiction too. It happened to be the prevailing tone of A-list movies of the 40s that lingered through the 50s. Kerr was not some elevated being who allowed herself to be photographed. She was an actress, convincingly playing these roles. And though her career was never marked by scandal, off-camera she could be as earthy...
...Jewish context. The avid curiosity it provoked helped launch a thousand Kabbalah classes. Kamenetz's follow-up, Stalking Elijah: Adventures with Today's Jewish Mystical Masters, won the National Jewish Book Award. But his latest offering, The History of Last Night's Dream, diverges in content and tone. TIME's David Van Biema wondered whether he was straying from his fan base...
...Navy Invitational this weekend features several strong opponents, including a Princeton squad that bitterly defeated the Crimson a year ago by one goal at the Eastern Championships. Sandwiched between the Navy Invitational and back-to-back regional tournaments is a critical home date against Brown that could set the tone for the last two weeks of the season. “If we have aspirations of contending at Easterns, we have to do well against these next teams [at the Navy Invitational],” Farrar said. “It’s the first time we will have...
...human suffering and contemporary existence. Pinsky divides “Gulf Music” into three sections. The first poems, which explore the human capacity to both cause and endure suffering, tackle current events such as Hurricane Katrina and the horrors of Guantánamo. Pinksy adopts a personal tone, asking, “What could your children boast about you?” He then turns to the tendency of history to repeat itself despite man’s pledges to learn from past mistakes. The poems in the second section become extended definitions of everyday objects. Pinsky argues...