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...Based on the 1996 best-selling serialized novel, The Green Mile is Frank Darabont's second flash of lightning. Unlike The Shawshank Redemption, however, The Green Mile climbs over and beyond the high walls of typical prison drama fare. There is a mystical element that injects complexity into a movie that, otherwise, you could have sworn you'd seen before...

Author: By By RICHARD Ho, | Title: A Man, a Mouse, a Mile, Panama | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...initial flash came in 1994, when the critically acclaimed Shawshank Redemption launched Darabont's big-screen directorial career. The adaptation of the Stephen King prison drama received seven Academy Award nominations, leaving fans and critics alike wondering: "How is he going to top this...

Author: By By RICHARD Ho, | Title: A Man, a Mouse, a Mile, Panama | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Harvard has also started freshman point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman in the last two games and grown increasingly dependent on his ball-handling abilities. A mixture of flash and intensity, Prasse-Freeman has shown the ability to make amazing passes. But he also has shown a tendency to keep his dribble too long and make passes his teammates aren't ready for. He's scored 31 points and dished 13 assists in his two starts...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Losses, Eight Points: M. Hoops Struggles | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

...size of tax breaks, a less kind, considerably less gentle Democratic race was beginning to show its face. Campaigning in Iowa, Al Gore addressed a group of senior citizens, and warned them that Bill Bradley's sweeping health care reforms would "deny care to millions." Bradley, in an uncharacteristic flash of emotion, refuted Gore's claim, calling it a "distortion" of the truth. Bradley went even further in his attack, saying Gore is lying about Bradley's record and misrepresenting his policy proposals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Al 'Internet' Gore Can't Afford to Play Dirty | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

...around in military formation anymore, they are still amazingly cohesive. If two Aggies meet anywhere in the world, they will be instant friends. It has been said that if an Aggie is giving a job interview to a fellow Aggie, the prospective employee has only to flash his gold class ring to be hired instantly...

Author: By Kristin E. Meyer, | Title: Bonfire Tradition Not Worth the Cost | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

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