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...become a topic addressed by journeymen writers (Good was adapted by John Wrathall) and directors who seem to think that the importance of the subject will enhance the inherent modesty of their own gifts. But this is not so; we emerge from their movies frustrated by their failures to grasp and shake our souls. I would like to propose a cinematic moratorium on this subject: a thoughtful silence, rich in remembrance, but lacking in the desire to leap forth a couple of times a year with slack, distant, by-the-numbers products like Good...
...just big insights but grasp of truths that have legs,” Allison added in his e-mailed statement. “Among political scientists, or indeed, all social scientists today, he had no peer competitor. Personally as well as intellectually, we miss him deeply...
...about 100 mins. into Part 1 before Che mentions in passing that he has a wife and child back home.) Halfway through the film he has lost much of the majesty and poignance you might expect of such a character, and by the end he's relinquished his grasp on the moviegoer's interest. After all that time spent with the revolutionary leader, viewers still may ask, "So, who is this...
...losses so far in the young season. As it prepares to play three games in the next week, it will have to simultaneously keep last night’s game in the past but also learn from what can happen if the game slips out of its grasp after just four minutes. “We just didn’t start the game with the same focus and intensity as they did,” Rollins said. “Too often we started halves not ready to attack and this time, it cost us.” Harvard...
...with characteristic quickness and perseverance, the young Crimson grappler escaped the grasp of Pittsburgh’s Tyler Nauman, sealing a 10-5 decision and securing a gold medal at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational last weekend...