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...very loose, very Americanized remake of the Alec Guinness comedy of 1955, with which it shares a title, a basic situation and not much else. Tom Hanks--sporting a goatee, a white suit and a mellifluous Southern accent--expertly essays the Guinness part as a criminal mastermind bent on separating a casino from its take. To this end, Hanks' character, Professor G.H. Dorr, rents a room in a house owned by Marva Munson (the splendid Irma P. Hall). He thereby obtains access to the basement; ostensibly it's a rehearsal space for his period-instrument group, but actually...
...Harvard’s] an environment with an intellectual bent, and such rationality doesn’t always flow well with spirituality and faith,” he said...
...course this isn’t incredibly surprising, noting the Ivy Council of Presidents’ disdain for the prefix “post.” (For a practical example of the “postphobic” bent of our esteemed leaders, consider their stance on the I-AA playoffs in football...
...bench minor for too many men on the ice three-quarters of the way through an otherwise flawless penalty kill set up a third power play. But despite the constant strain on its defenders at the back, the Crimson bent without breaking, surrendering mildly threatening chances, but no golden opportunities, keeping the net unviolated...
HANOVER, N.H.—Reka Cserny stood behind the charity stripe, knees slightly bent, squaring her shoulders towards the basket. In the stillness of Leede Arena, a single voice began to bellow from the stands...