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...phenomenon of landsharking is not restricted to the bounds of Harvard University. Both Ultimate experts assured us that it is a global phenomenon that has no age limits. Ross explained that the diehard Ultimate gurus are actually buried as landsharks...
...underwent a fine polish. According to co-owners Ned Hinkle and Ivy Moylan, the recent renovations to the well known repertory theatre were long overdue. The theater, which was closed from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, is now open to the public with a gleaming new interior. Although some diehard Brattle fans may complain that the previously derelict theater, whose seats were notoriously uncomfortable, has lost some of its original charm, Hinkle and Moylan are keen to point out that these changes were not made in an attempt to revamp the Brattle’s image but simply to make...
...iconic text in faddish counteracademic lit-crit, and the big question is how, or why, Sontag has managed to keep a straight face while her peers break loose into genre criticism, hip-hop studies and other stereotypically un-Sontagian fields. Sontag herself has stayed the course, a true cultural diehard, and barely offers a nod of recognition to anything but the beaux-est of beaux-arts. To see the films she mentions you have to go an art house; to read the books you have to visit Schoenhof?...
...youngsters-Vega comes with the kind of tough-cutie charms that suggest she could develop a real edge as an actress once she hits her teen years and Sabara, while playing his "sad hangdog" card a bit too much, carries a scrappy, underdog appeal. While it's unclear whether diehard Rodriguez fans will embrace this kinder, gentler Robert (and I, for one, will stick to the frenetic pleasure of his action opuses), Spy Kids, armed with a warm vitality all its own, can at least be credited with combating the black hole of family cinema, rather than feeding...
...diehard Sox fan, my last statement is eminently possible. Cold, hard Reality, however, suggests otherwise. Without Nomar for half the season, the team has lost its glue. The defense is remarkably sketchy. Even with Pedro starting, the team lost its season opener yesterday to Baltimore, one of the worst teams in the major leagues...