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...which portrayed the broken world of a gambler. That film’s narrative fell apart by trying to weave together too many loose ends; “Deal” collapses at the other extreme, failing to explore the inner lives of its characters and trudging along slowly. Bret Harrison moves from a string of TV sitcom appearances to the big screen as Alex Stillman, a recent Yale graduate who pursues his dream of becoming a professional poker player. But his easy success in online poker tournaments does not translate to the professional poker circuit until he unexpectedly meets...
...being from Corpus Christi, Texas doesn’t already make Bret A. Johnston a celeb, he has just published his second book entitled “Naming the World: And Other Exercises for the Creative Writer.” He has also contributed to various anthologies, is regularly featured on National Public Radio, and currently directs Harvard’s Creative Writing Program. In 2006 he was named one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 under 35” gifted young writers, which means that he’s also really young...
...just one of those games where the goals came in bunches,” Farrar said. For Harvard, those bunches came in the fourth. Two full weeks of rest and a season on the line inspired the Crimson to arguably its best quarter of the season.Freshman Bret Voith singlehandedly torched the Blue Jays defense, scoring three of the last four goals of the game, including a spectacular display of strength where he broke away from a defender and successfully launched a point-blank shot to give Harvard an 8-6 lead.“Voith just took over...
...Bret Nelson, ST. JOSEPH...
Other green-conscious professors contacted by The Crimson bragged about their fancy bicycles. Economist Emmanuel Farhi says his bike is “very powerful,” and physicist Gerald Gabrielse notes that his is made of titanium. Still others, such as economist Matthew Nunn, mathematician Bret J. Benesh, English professor Elizabeth D. Lyman, and political scientists Glyn Morgan and Cindy Skach said they used Zipcars when they needed mechanized transport. “Nearly everyone I know uses them,” Morgan says of his Cambridge neighbors. The Zipcar service allows people to rent cars quickly...