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...young team and we were learning this season,” Connolly said. “Now I think we finally found a grove.” Although the win only put a dent in the team’s losing record, the match sets the tone as the squad heads into the playoffs after a tumultuous regular season.Harvard opened up the game aggressively, scoring 13 times in the first half. Tune posted five goals while sophomore Bret Voith matched with five goals of his own. Sophomore Jeff Lee wasn’t far behind, finding the back...
...Parallel Move” has a nice pastoral acoustic section which also flows coolly into following track, “Beware Our Nubile Miscreants,” this time through a thick orchestral flourish. But as should be expected at this point in the album, the tone shifts on a dime, turning from Sufjan Stevens to Mika without ever really sinking in. By far the highlight of the album comes when the funk slows down to Marvin Gaye speed on “St. Exquisite’s Confessions.” With a beat that would make for some...
...Nixon,” “W.” fails to provoke debate or shed new light on an already over-exposed political figure. Instead, Stone settles for a hastily-constructed biopic of George W. Bush that unskillfully combines a sometimes comedic tone with serious subject matter. “W.” is neither provocative nor riveting; it’s simply dull and conventional...
While each of the three sections has its own distinctive tone, Komunyakaa’s voice is discernible behind them all. He is the warhorse, the man who has ridden into battle and can’t quite seem to return home even all these years later. He knows he’ll never be able to explain the entirety of his experience, so he doesn’t even try. Instead, he limits his focus to one moment, one person, one tool of war. In the process, he manages to say something greater. By looking at individual causes...
...There you go again.” Running for the American presidency is unlike any other job and its application process is accordingly unique. On Nov. 4, America will not just elect talking points, ten-part plans, and clever soundbytes, but a leader with the vision to set the tone for America both at home and abroad. Although McCain did a decent job on the technical criteria, he had woefully inadequate forethought. A president can always hire brilliant advisers to set policy, but when it comes to leadership the buck stops here. George Hayward ’11, a Crimson...