For the second time in a month, Great Britain will pin monumental hopes on the lanky shoulders of the 25-year-old Scot.
Soon the lanky, bespectacled Vallas, 44, leads a pint-size parade of orange and green parkas across a dirt lot littered with broken bottles, and into the school.
Through a blend of photographs and aging footage, we watch the lanky boy grow taller but never wider, and learn with horror of the electric-shock treatment administered to him in his youth.
Cutting back the lanky stems of a prized shrub leads not only to a smaller bush, it also reinvigorates the whole plant, thickening it up as side branches are stimulated into growth.
Mill is being squeezed from the top and bottom, and the lanky Robbins is perfect for the part: watching him under stress is like seeing a tube of toothpaste bunch up in the middle.
Though the lanky, red-haired, rather plain-faced woman has maintained a sleek, eye-catching physicality and continues to show her facility for extending her leg past her ear, she has turned away from ballet's most rigorous ways and repertory.
WSJ: Sylvie Guillem | Leaving Ballet Behind | Dance Review by
He wasn't a successful man but he gave the impression of being one, and when he took us out to lunch I marveled at the peremptory tone with which he addressed the waiters, brisk unsmiling men in starched white aprons who, in that adult room of wood paneling and cigar smoke, thoroughly intimidated the lanky, nervous adolescent I then was.
The image of the lean, lanky, leather jacket-clad figure with the pale skin and mop of white hair was splashed on television screens and websites.
The best reason to stay with it is Vaughn, whose lanky wryness wards off the threat of pomposity.
In the 95th minute, with Brentford laying siege to the opposing goal, Jamie McCombe, Doncaster's 6-foot-5 centerback threw his lanky frame in the air, his flailing arm clearly deflecting the ball.
Encircling the moon, throughout the amphitheatre, these lanky figures stood or sat, their faces framed by beards or unkempt hair.
As the City Hall demonstration threatened to veer out of control, a lanky man suddenly walked up to the women protesters.
Where Augustyniak is lanky, with the flyaway hair and a round-about conversational style, Amzalag is compact, drily ironic and gets crisply to the point.
While it seems unlikely Tebow would accept the offer, he could be a perfect fit in the league of 50-yard fields, lanky goal posts and indoor stadiums.
Lanky left-armer Sulieman Benn is the other specialist spinner alongside Jaggernauth whose last Test was against Australia at Sabina Park a year ago.
Benny Avni, the head of the District Council of Tel Ilan, was a lanky man with stooped shoulders and a fondness for rumpled clothes and oversized sweaters, which gave him an ursine look.
Mario, now a plumber, and joined by a lanky brother named Luigi, bounced through the Mushroom Kingdom, dodging or bopping enemies in the form of turtles, beetles, and squid, while seeking out magic mushrooms, coins, and hidden stars.
The tall man, whose arms hung loosely and were lanky, like his body, sucked at his teeth, which was a way he had.
McNaughton managed to get ahead of lanky Scholars front man Kyle Perry, but the Cardiff defender only succeeded in scooping the ball into his own net.
Lovat was tall, lanky, outrageously handsome and romantic, with a castle towering above the river at Beauly, near Inverness.
Lanky Charles Koch, 63, doesn't like talking with the media, but he's willing to talk with a FORBES GLOBAL reporter about his ideas and concepts.
Marc Berman, a lanky graduate student with an easy grin, speaks about his research with the infectious enthusiasm of a freshman taking his first philosophy class.
Peter Kephart, a lanky man with an ever-ready smile, guides a bit for smallmouth on the Potomac River.
Andrew Mason, a relaxed and lanky 29-year-old music major from Northwestern, has managed to build the fastest-growing company in Web history.
FORBES: Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Speaks Out About His 20 Cats
C. (Mickey) Roth, 57, a lanky, white-haired ex-Air Force captain who heads USAA Investment Management, the mutual fund arm.
应用推荐