Word: exception
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...American originals. But their new characters don't measure up, and the original British ones - like Lucas as thick-accented juvenile delinquent Vicky Pollard - are so culturally specific that they translate to being plopped inexplicably into American settings here like spotted dick on a McDonald's dollar menu. (Except that spotted dick is funnier...
...find out soon enough whether Biden’s offensive jokes or Palin’s feeble mind surrendered the ten-second clip that lost either of their more able running mates the election. But just as last week’s show did nothing to advance the debate, except maybe exclude bracelets from future episodes, last night’s will do no more to put voters on the path toward making the right choice. The problem remains the same: a contest in which the rules are designed to save face will give us, the voters, nothing. The worse...
...infidelity, and show how the feelings of these different characters are connected. They are both rooted in hurt and betrayal. Yet both characters decide to forgive and move on in a way that seems not naïve but mature, “because what did they have now except for each other, and what could you do if it was not even quite that?”When Strout’s stories focus on Olive that, the collection begins to feel like a novel. We follow her through a journey of realization that is interjected with characters...
...jealous of the way they clap. In the video, Ludacris and his friends, Sean Garrett (S.G. to his homies) and Chris “Breezy” Brown, rap and dance with scores of token, mind-blowingly beautiful women. The three apparently constitute the only males at the party, except for one scrubby dude who needs some Listerine and a couple of white men who appear near the end of the video having fulfilled Luda’s earlier request to “get some ice.” This appears to be their only function. The soul...
...captain in Crimson women’s soccer history.Downfield is Wylie, who led the team in goals and points as a freshman and consistently has been one of the team’s top scorers.Midfielders Lau, who in her four-year Crimson career has played in every single game except one, and Keeley, who battled injuries her sophomore and junior years on her way to becoming captain this, her senior season, make their presence felt each and every game.Senior goalkeeper Maggie Robinson completes the class. During her tenure, she has served as a back-up to now-assistant coach Katie...