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...coaching he ever received came from an affable bloke called Bill Wawn, who in the early 1980s in Sydney looked after a team of useful teenaged cricketers. Padded up and nervous one Saturday afternoon, my brother and his batting partner were about to head out to the middle to chase a challenging target when Bill sauntered over. "All right, boys, no silly buggers," he said. "But if the ball's there to be hit, lay the wood into it." And that was it. Short. Simple. Kind of funny in a way that's hard to explain. But also the essence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep It Simple, Sport | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...stilted acting: H.B. Halicki’s original “Gone in 60 Seconds” is the Holy Grail. Halicki’s fast-and-furious 1974 thriller is chock full of women with skyscraping AquaNet-infused hair and, of course, plenty of cops-and-robbers car-chase sequences. Unfortunately, despite multitudes of overly-tan men with enormous sideburns, the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” can’t hold a candle to director Dominic Sena’s 2000 remake—skipping the “fine wine” stage...

Author: By Erin A. May, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DVD Review: Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...David was somebody that we would call quite ‘laid-back’ and, at the time, there was a pretty striking contrast between him and a lot of the faculty, who were like characters out of ‘[The] Paper Chase,’” Burbank said. “He was the antithesis of that—a gentleman who elicited participation not by fear but by inviting a dialogue...

Author: By Rebecca M. Anders, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Longtime Law Professor Dies | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...Lewis’s strengths were in his gentle bedtime story-like tone, wondrous creatures and espousal of Christian doctrine, not his action narrative. From the expository scenes of World War II London air raids to the “Alexander Nevsky”-esque ice flow chase to the overly long climatic battle—a poor imitation of “The Two Towers”—the unnecessary additions to the story do not enhance the audience’s appreciation for “Narnia” and become almost unbearable to watch. Whether...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...worse, a shitty community college. They leave the bar.Todd Barry has appeared in his own Comedy Central special, on Conan, Letterman, Leno, Carson Daly, “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, and the USO Comedy Tour. He was featured during the NY Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase. His eclectic acting career includes many animated features, including roles on “Home Movies,” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.”Lisa Lampanelli:Two Harvard students walk into a bar. One student says to the bartender...

Author: By J. samuel Abbott and Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Two Harvard Students Walk Into A Bar... | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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