Word: torrid
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...came out in a strong rhythm from the opening tip, going perfect from behind the arc for its first five attempts. The Crimson kept up with early consistent shooting, but it was unable to match the Terriers’ torrid three-point efforts. Harvard missed 14 straight shots and went without a field goal for nearly nine minutes in the first half...
...After a torrid week in which he scored 54 points in two Harvard home wins, it appears only half of Lin’s statement still reigns true—the expanded distance has not affected him. In those two wins—69-59 over Holy Cross on Tuesday and 66-54 over Army Saturday—the Palo Alto, Calif. native made it rain from beyond the arc, connecting on seven of his 11 three-point attempts over that span...
...third voting-machine technology in as many presidential elections, ballot-mishandling in a recent local contest and a seldom-seen elections chief, Arthur Anderson, who has been seriously ill since losing his re-election bid in the August primary race. But a pleasant autumnal drop in temperature after a torrid summer has helped early Palm Beach voters like McCain backer Arelia Sayer, 54, forget the troubles. "We've got a beautiful day," Sayer said in line in Boynton Beach. "You've got to get 'er done...
...last residential construction crane in Miami is coming down this week. Don't expect to see another crane in this city for a decade, says Peter Zalewski, a real estate broker and founder of Condo Vultures, a realty intelligence service. Miami is both a metaphor and model for once torrid real estate markets that melted in the subprime debacle. Miami developers threw up some 23,000 units beginning in 2003, many of them bought by speculators who thought they could flip them for a quick profit. Some...
...earlier. God, or Papa, as she is known in the book, has invited Mack over to talk love, pain and more love. (The Jew is Jesus, and the Asian is the Holy Spirit.) The story becomes a standard guy-meets-God melodrama, heavy on the heartstrings and full of torrid and often turgid dialogue. The unorthodoxy of the representation of the Triune deity (Ellen DeGeneres also imagined the Almighty as a black woman in a routine) has delighted some Christians and upset others. William P. Young, the 53-year-old father of six who wrote the book...