Word: unpreparedness
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Despite its gaudy record over the last couple of years, Brown appeared unprepared for the conditions that Harvard captain Elijah White termed "biblical." Headwinds were strong enough to knock a full minute off the two boat's expected times. Waves crashed over the big boat every third or fourth stroke...
Perhaps his sweet tooth does not extend to the syrupy script. Writer and director Leven, a psychotherapist who spent time on the Harvard faculty, was not expecting this acting trinity to descend upon his humble screenplay and is simply unprepared to handle such an awesome burden on his first stint...
This may not be entirely their fault. The film's fast pace precludes extensive characterization, but supplies enough suspense to almost make up for it. Boyle opens with a time-lapse sequence, heightening its effect with adrenaline-pumping disco music. He maintains "Shallow Grave's" suspenseful pace by frequently skipping...
As the Elvises (or should I say 'Elvi'?) boarded the plane--bound, it would turn out, for Graceland, in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of the King's birth--it became clear that we passengers were unprepared for our multicultural journey.
Debaters also competed in other speech events ranging from humorous interpretation, in which the students perform a comical literary work from memory, to extemporaneous speaking, in which students deliver an unprepared oration on current events topics.