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Sprawled on the floor, Daisy, a dark-eyed 7-year-old, reads aloud: "Chas smiled proudly. 'This is your lucky day,' he said.'" Her audience of one yawns and leans against Daisy's leg; Daisy reaches down to scratch the listener's ear. Mojo, a black Labrador retriever, sighs and settles in. It's the weekly meeting of the America Reads program in Santa Monica, Calif., which uses dogs to encourage kids to explore the world of books. After the session, Daisy tells a visitor that she likes reading to dogs because "they just sit and listen. They're calm...
...heart, Tenenbaums is a tale of dreams deferred, faded genius and the redeeming value of family. The story begins with the union of Royal and Etheline Tenenbaum, parents to a trio of child geniuses: Chas, a child financial wizard who makes his fortune breeding dalmation mice; Richie “the Baumer” Tenenbaum, a teenage tennis champion; and Margot, a famous playwright who wins a Braverman Grant of $50,000 in the fourth grade. But following Royal and Etheline’s separation, two decades of betrayal, failure and disaster erase all trace of the children?...
...However, Royal is simply unapologetic; it is obvious why his children dislike him and cannot accept him back into their lives. When the children were still young, he had no qualms about callously and patronizingly introducing his daughter Margot to everyone as adopted, or shooting his son Chas during a BB gun fight even though they were on the same team. Even by the film’s conclusion, Royal’s overarching personality has not changed. As Henry summarizes, he’s simply elevated from being an “asshole to just...
Brown is losing 14 starters to graduation this season including Malan, quarterback Kyle Rowley and kicker Steve Jensen. Junior receiver Chas Gessner will be back for another year of action with the Bears and will likely be its key returning offensive threat after a breakout season...
Brown failed to take advantage of a huge performance by wideout Chas Gessner, who set a new school record with 226 yards receiving in the game, and was hurt by costly penalties and dropped passes down the stretch...