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...calculation in her, just a knowing or beckoning smile. Her face makes a kind of smile when she's crying too, as if even the pain a man can inflict on her is a game played according to her rules. Great screen acting is hard to define but a cinch to spot. That's Brooks in Pandora. Hers is the art that conceals art, the beauty that reveals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lulu-Louise at 100 | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

...you’ll end up broadening your horizons through academic exploration! But it will probably suck; just remember to plan ahead and take the class that you’re most interested in. And if you actually like to read and write, this Core area should be a cinch; it might offer you the opportunity to branch out and expand your literary horizons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lit and Arts A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

Surprising some key political analysts who expected her to cinch Georgia's primary election, Cynthia McKinney is now facing a run-off. The controversial Democratic Congresswoman from Atlanta eked out a win against former Dekalb County commissioner Hank Johnson, but fell short of a majority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McKinney's Tight Race | 7/20/2006 | See Source »

...Harvard students in barn jackets and jeans into social butterflies. They step out in ladylike dresses and slip into one of the pairs of perilously high round-toed pumps set out for them. (The heels are said to elongate their legs and give the dresses the right line.) They cinch skinny python belts around their waists, admiring their new selves...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Manufacturing Desire | 10/26/2005 | See Source »

...reality, that’s akin to earning praise from future NFL passer Ryan Fitzpatrick for arm strength. But that’s what captain Sky does: reap the respect of his peers. During the offseason, Mann became the cinch choice for captain of Harvard baseball. Teammates raved about the senior’s preternatural diplomatic chops...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASEBALL 2005: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

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