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...both mental and physical, more so than any other sport. "You are constantly watching the other guy. You are constantly guessing what you're going to do and second-guessing how he's gonna react. And all the while, you have to be an athlete. It's not just brute athleticism...
...subversive sitcom What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1985), "I wanted to talk about my family, and about the horrendous family life of the barrios." Mom (Maura) sniffs glue, pops pills and burns the chicken. Dad sings German songs -- reason enough for her to kill the dull brute with a ham bone. By this time the viewer may feel like put-upon Mom or bashed-in Dad, so assiduously has Almodovar cataloged his atrocities. But the filmmaker had more cunning indiscretions in store...
Brown goaltender Kirsten Grendell kicked away 50 Crimson shots, although few had scoring potential. Harvard Tri-Captain and goaltender Jen White wasn't as busy, stopping 21 Brown shots. She did, however, have to contend with Brown brute Mara Yale, who threatened White with harassing interference rather than skilled play...
...brute question that nobody wants to answer in an era of $200 billion deficits is, Who provides the resources? And we ought to look at where the largest pools of subsidized consumption are. And I believe the idea of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on entitlements in which we're giving money to people who really don't need it, when we could take a much smaller amount and really help the poor and the children, is really an unforgivable way of allocating resources at a time like this...
...Soviet arsenal has traditionally been characterized by serviceable but relatively primitive weapons, known more for brute strength than sophistication. That is true as well of the military's tough but poorly trained personnel, who, because of ethnic diversity, often do not speak the same language; up to one-quarter of all Soviet draftees must be taught Russian before they can understand their commanders...