Word: toughly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last weekend's Ivy League football match-ups, four schools were tied for first place in the league. By late Saturday afternoon, however, only two of those teams--Brown (7-1 overall, 4-1 Ivy) and Yale (7-1, 4-1)--remained atop the conference, while the weekend's tough-luck losers, Harvard (5-3, 3-2) and Cornell (5-3, 3-2), watched their Ivy League title hopes become considerably remote...
...does not depress me," says acting HIID Director Richard Pagett. "But it would be disingenuous to say its business as usual here. It creates a morale problem--we've got 200 people who are going through a pretty tough time right...
Freshman Dave Lingman, on the other hand, was anything but nervous. Unseeded and in the middle of the pack on the Harvard team, Lingman had a great run through the tournament. In the first round, he defeated Jay Bruner of Virginia Tech in straight sets. Then after a tough 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 second round victory over Akshay Jagdale of Rutgers, Lingman made his big upset...
...ruling urban legends: the "true" and "inspiring" story of a passionate teacher and the rowdy inner-city kids who succumb to the pedagogue's tough love and succeed despite overwhelming odds. In this case, they are a Harlem violin ensemble achieving a Carnegie Hall concert that saves their program from budget cuts. What saves this movie from hopeless sentimentality is Meryl Streep's subtle performance as the teacher, hinting at all kinds of neuroses sublimated in her gnarly relations with the kids...
MOUSING AROUND It's tough to pretend you're working when you're gripping a game pad and barreling down virtual tunnels in your favorite PC game. Now Logitech's WingMan Force Feedback Mouse ($100) lets you be more discreet. It looks like a regular cordless mouse but doesn't have a telltale pad. A force-feedback engine lets you feel realistic rumbling in games like Activision's Heavy Gear II. It also provides slight resistance as you scroll over onscreen buttons, making clicking easier. So long as your boss doesn't catch...