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Word: braved (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unless they've implemented a three-point conversion, this is proof that Barry is a brave crusader for more money spent on education! He's not afraid to make himself look like an ass as long as he delivers the message that America can no longer let other countries' kids beat us in math any longer! And if they do, just shoot...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: America's Most Wanted Team | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

First-time director Andrew Niccol brings considerable visual style and an intriguing premise to this story of a Brave New World society in which the pre-planned, genetically made-to-order elite get the honors and opportunities, and the natural births are relegated to the grunt work. Ethan Hawke plays Vincent Freeman, a "natural" who borrows the identity a brahmin to fulfill his lifelong dream of leading a mission to outer space. Although the film suffers from unevenness, sketchy characters and muted acting, Niccol's striking images make it all easy to overlook. --Lynn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...Reilly, as the title character, delivers a thoughtful but slightly static performance: he doesn't quite sink his teeth into the Lear-like, madness Titus teeters toward, but he does manage to convince as a brave, basically well-meaning guy who nature probably intended to be a hero. Amaechi chooses to take a playful, goblin-like approach to the treacherous, unrepentant Aaron, which tends to diminish him as a personification of pure evil: he's more Puck than Iago. Jason Mills '99 plays Marcus, the faithful brother and sole figure of reason, as a semicomic counter to Titus...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Eerie 'Titus' Ushers in Halloween at Adams | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Four Fried Nose Rings (Anyone who isn't scared by this description is brave indeed...

Author: By Brendan H. Gibbon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spook City | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Still, Salem features activities for everyone. Today, all the major museums and various haunted houses will be open, live reenactments of the witch trials are held, and you might even find a few brave souls wandering the cemeteries looking for the gravestones of executed witches...

Author: By Brendan H. Gibbon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Spook City | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

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