Word: commit
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Rather than change priorities, though, one finds an almost universal dedication among athletes who are constantly challenged and sometimes even forced to stop playing the sports they care about so deeply. Though some athletes decide that playing sports is no longer important to them, many more commit themselves urther to their teams, as well as to academics...
...Sept. 11 have proved a strange exception. Last week ROBERT ALTMAN, director of the satires MASH, The Player and Dr. T and the Women, almost offered a mea culpa. "The movies set the pattern, and [the terrorists] have copied the movies," he said. "Nobody would have thought to commit an atrocity like that unless they'd seen it in a movie." That self-flagellation comes on the heels of remarks by JFK director OLIVER STONE in which he called the attacks a "revolt" against "order" of the sort created by show-biz conglomerates that "have control of the world." Historical...
...score at 28-28, Princeton tried some trickery. Knowing that it had run the “sweep” play several times for success already, quarterback David Splithoff turned to hand off. Instead he pulled down and rolled the other way, hoping the Crimson would over-commit on the run and he could flick a pass over the secondary...
...same should apply to the threat of anthrax: although we may not know its source, we must commit ourselves to seeking out those responsible for this biological terrorism and holding them accountable for their attack on our nation. Until then, however, we must continue to carry on—rebuilding our greatest cities, and our confidence...
...opening scenes involve Irwin arriving at the prison in a bus. For those of you acquainted with The Shawshank Redemption these scenes will seem very familiar. Remember the prisoners who placed bets on Andy? Well, those same gamblers are present here, eagerly making bets on when the general will commit suicide. From this point on, The Last Castle follows a fairly predictable pattern: scene from a famous film that has been slightly changed, predictable story, clichéd character development, another scene from a famous film that has been slightly altered. In the end the film plays like a cross...