Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both sides had difficulty passing in the neutral zone, and both Cornell and Harvard resorted to a strategy of dump-and-chase, in an effort to gain the upper hand in the offensive zone...
...Hill took the upper hand early on, scoring 14 points, to go along with six assists and no turnovers in the first half. Jordan, meanwhile, had 10 points at the break, but dished out only three assists and was forced into six turnovers, getting four inexplicably on travelling violations...
...writer Owen Wilson have devised a colorful, eccentric cast in which two figures stand out as inspired creation. That first is Max Fisher (Jason Schwartzman), a gangly combination of braces, horn-rimmed glasses, greasy black hair and loads of smug self-assurance. A pupil at the posh, upper-crust Rushmore Academy, Max is a bright kid but a lousy student, mainly because he serves as the head of nearly two dozen extracurricular activities, ranging from the fencing team to the beekeepers club to the Model Russian UN. Bouncing from project to project with an air of confidence and disarming maturity...
...ages. A delicious, brilliantly crafted example of how a movie can entertain, move and impress without sacrificing wit and intelligence. In a play-within-a-play, Joe Fiennes plays Shakespeare as an ill-fated Romeo trying to woo his upper-class Juliet (Gwyneth Paltrow). What prevents this familiar tale from degenerating into cliche is its self-awareness--it's a fulfilling romance and a sharp comedy. And a luminous Paltrow glowingly convinces why she is worthy of the greatest mind of all time...
...culture for the night. The rising temperatures were inescapable in the crowded second floor room as the garrulous, energized concertgoers and electrified bands filled the evening with intoxicating ambience. And the closed windows didn't help much. As far as student culture is concerned, the confluence of the artsy upper tier and bohemian dredges made the room feel conspicuously distant from the normal Harvard middle ground. Although there were a few stragglers, they were quickly consumed or expelled...