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...telling its uplifting tale, Billy Elliot does an amazing job of not pandering. Billy's road to self-discovery is hard fought, and it comes at a painful price. His father, once over the shock and the shame of learning his boy's ambitions, crosses the picket line to earn money for Billy's audition. Issues of sexuality and gender-stereotyping are faced head-on but not pressed. He's no "poof," Billy insists, but that doesn't stop him from a joyful number in which he dons women's dresses with his (less poof-averse) friend Michael...
...Little Italy and raise Magnus alone. "I know my parents worked so hard for me to finish school so I could get an education and not go into domestic work," she says. And Diaz does not want her son to go through what she did. "The income I could earn could not compensate [for] the loneliness," she says...
...commutes to war" in armored pickup trucks from their Kuwait City villa, braving ambushes and enemy fire to help ferry convoys and cargo along Iraq's perilous highways. Some--like Jonathon Coté, a former paratrooper who plays practical jokes on his comrades and doles out toys to local kids--earn their paychecks and adrenaline rushes with honor. Others are renegade cowboys with AK-47s, issuing pronouncements like "I want to kill somebody today" the way one might propose dinner plans. Punctuated by a kidnapping with awful consequences, Fainaru's harrowing exposé illuminates a $100 billion industry "where death, in many...
...play eight or nine consistently over the course of any one game.But no matter what the starting rotation turns out to be, the team must change its focus. The culture of losing must stop—and it begins this year.“People are still trying to earn their spot, and we’re trying to grow as a team,” Pusar says. “As far as chemistry, we feel on the same page—we all want to win, no matter the group.”—Staff writer...
...fight for a spot in the rotation just as hard as everyone else.“I don’t go by who’s the most touted,” Amaker says, when asked about the freshmen impact. “They all have to earn their stripes. They’re all trying to do that—gain the respect, earn their stripes by being teammates, having a good work ethic, and not expecting anything. I love that about them.”College could prove to be a tough transition even for players...