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...consisted primarily of writings adapted by the show’s staff into a series of unrelated scenes. The humor in the raw material, familiar to anyone who read Silverstein’s works as a child, was complemented by Wan’s and Tseng’s wise directorial choice of a subtle, honest approach to portraying characters. It filled the performance with the kind of humor that pleasantly snuck up on you, transforming the shockingly absurd elements in Silverstein’s works into something that amused because it seemed plausible. This subtlety was apparent from...
...European economic policies and Europeanization of American economic policies could close the two enduring and threatening gaps: the US savings gap and the EU growth gap. Imagine a world where Europe would grow thanks to the exercise of counter-cyclical macroeconomic tools and America would save through the wise restraint thereof...
...pretty mediocre in terms of what I wanted to accomplish,” he says. “For some reason, I haven’t been able to put together a good season. Every year, it seems as if there’s a slump or two hitting-wise, and the season’s so short that one bad day starts to snowball.”***Salsgiver hasn’t done poorly, mind you.Last year, he hit .298 and was named second-team All-Ivy League, improving on a .287 junior campaign. As a frosh, he actually...
...centerfield, but could be used in any number of other positions to aid the Crimson.OUT OF COMINSKI PARKThe final member of the fearsome foursome is Suzi Cominski, a developing pitcher for the Crimson with huge upside.“Suzi can do a lot of things for us pitching-wise,” Allard says. “She needs to develop a little bit more, but she has the depth to hit for us and possibly play first base and add a lot to us in other ways as well.”As a result of her strengths...
...registered only 28 kills on .063 hitting. On the other side of the net, the Crimson offense sputtered at times but managed a .239 attack percentage, led by freshman middle hitter Brady Weissbourd’s 11 kills on .529 hitting. “[Weissbourd] was always there skill-wise,” Ridolfi said, “But now he’s catching up experience-wise, and he’s going to be a real help to us down the stretch.” Down 1-0, the Pioneers played with a level of desperation in game...