Word: bleeds
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...film’s main shortcoming is its limping soundtrack. In the time period during which the film covers, Jones participated in the sessions for “Aftermath,” “Beggar’s Banquet,” and “Let it Bleed,” three of the greatest albums in rock and roll history. Unfortunately, none of that music appears in the film and its absence leaves a gaping hole...
Shawn's friends are not alone in their exodus. Of the 315 Shelbyville students who showed up for the first day of high school four years ago, only 215 are expected to graduate. The 100 others have simply melted away, dropping out in a slow, steady bleed that has left the town wondering how it could have let down so many of its kids...
...think all children are happy at school? Many spend years feeling anxious and excluded, victims of bullying or just their peers' natural insensitivity. And what else does school entail? Exposure to the juggernaut of peer pressure, to alcohol, recreational drugs and underage sex, to the myriad maladies that will bleed young minds of their innocence. "This argument that homeschooled children suffer socially is the biggest furphy," says the H.E.A.'s Strange. "Homeschooled children are better socialized. They're respectful. They speak confidently to all kinds of people. And they play easily with children younger and older than themselves...
...dealing with an airborne crisis. “Assess situation,” he would say. “Alert commanding officer.” And during her high school tennis matches, he would shout traditional military encouragements to her in Dutch. “Pain is good! Bleed more!” he would say. Sarvis feels that too many outsiders misinterpret military discipline. The army makes them think of drill sergeants and mindless marching. “It’s not just blindly following orders, and it’s not having someone else make up your...
...Haller is not “bad” but rather, “complicated”: he makes one client’s mother bleed her retirement fund, but he also hires a former felon as a driver, giving the young man a chance to go straight. Haller is an intriguing character and easily one of the finest Connelly has ever constructed...