Word: dave
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...sent by his mother to the boat after being expelled from school, in the hopes that he may spend more time with his godfather, Quentin (Nighy), Radio Rock’s nutty station manager. The ship’s eclectic personalities—including The Count (Hoffman) and Dr. Dave (Nick Frost)—have popular consensus on their side, but the boat is under legislative siege from the government. Their fiercest opponent is Minister Alistair Dormandy (Branagh), who is committed to shutting down “the drug takers and the lawbreakers and the bottom-bashing fornicators...
...intent on destroying Radio Rock. His outraged caricature is particularly evident during a scene in which he casually threatens to outlaw one of his subordinate’s haircuts. Nick Frost’s (“Shaun of the Dead”) portly and shameless ladies man, Dr. Dave, consistently cracks jokes and snarky comments, despite being of little importance to the film’s plot. Another character named Thick Kevin (Tom Brooke) justifies his namesake during a frustrating game of Taboo; in the hopes that his teammate will know exactly who he means, he describes Jesus...
...Musician Dave C. Ylvisaker, who only met Hill once a decade ago, still remembers his “vibe...
...Dave Butler, Grainger's director of corporate affairs, said in a statement that the decision to lay off Nicholson was driven solely by "the operational needs of the company during a period of extraordinary market turbulence. Grainger rejects outright any suggestion that there was any other motivation relating to Mr. Nicholson's beliefs or otherwise." (See 25 people to blame for the financial crisis...
...were not as healthy as we would’ve liked to have been this weekend,” Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72 said. “The colds and minor injuries just come with this time of the season...