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...movie? Film resolves in boy overcoming his family issues, getting the girl, and befriending his former enemy, none other than that first-day-of-school bully? Check, check, and check.The title character Charlie, played by Anton Yelchin (“Alpha Dog”), is an overly earnest, delusionally optimistic troublemaker. Despite a father in jail and a drugged-out mother at home (played by a thoroughly wasted Hope Davis), Charlie approaches life and his new school with a briefcase in hand and a smile plastered on his face. Yelchin clearly has talent but is given little to work with...
...blockade. Its military purpose, Defense Secretary Nott told the Commons, was to "deny Argentine forces on the Falklands means of reinforcement and resupply from the mainland." But the announcement also had a political purpose: to convince Washington, as well as the Argentines, that the Thatcher government was in deadly earnest about recovering control of the islands...
...Harvard women’s water polo team began its 2008 campaign in earnest this past weekend at the Princeton Invitational. Having demolished Yale 19-2 in a scrimmage earlier this season, the Crimson women stepped into New Jersey facing far stiffer competition than their New Haven counterparts.The weekend started promisingly, as Harvard pulled out two victories, taking an 8-6 nailbiter over George Washington before weathering a furious comeback by Wagner to win 14-13. On Sunday, the Crimson finally met their match, falling 11-8 and 14-10 to Maryland and Princeton, respectively.PRINCETON 14, HARVARD 10After featuring...
...fairness to the grownups, the kids themselves need to relax too. "I'm a kid who stays focused and works hard," says Connor Humphrey, an earnest 14-year-old football and lacrosse player in New Canaan, Conn. "I have goals for the future. I want to play lacrosse at Duke." That dream is commendable, but while pushing young bodies to the limit may mean more time in the game, it can just as easily mean a lifetime on the bench...
...each party should be the choice of all its members, not of the political elites with vested interests in a particular party structure. Currently, Clinton holds a lead of 231 Democratic superdelegates to Obama’s 145, a vestige of the days before primary campaigning began in earnest, when she was the presumptive choice of the party establishment and the seemingly unbeatable frontrunner. Months later, Obama has won more contests and built more momentum than his rival; and if he continues to do so superdelegates should vote to best reflect the sentiments of the people. In addition to this...