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...work a competition, especially in tough times? Underneath all the Hollywood packaging, there's something universal in these shows. Beyond the grit, the series tell ordinary stories about working and living under stress. How do you get your lazy son or brother to shape up and contribute to the family business? What's it like to have to fire a buddy? What do you do when your wife is expecting a baby any day but you can't pass...
...with a grieving matched in severity only by her will to learn the truth, Jolie carries the burden of the first hour. As the story expands, and finds new avenues of real-life horror, Jolie can coast on the narrative instead of having to push it with her grit and tears. The movie becomes an ensemble piece, with a dozen or so character actors carrying the storyline. In other words, Changeling is exactly as good as its makings. By the end, with its purposeful accumulation of depravities, both individual and institutional, Eastwood's non-style has paid off; the story...
...Dartmouth. Harvard swept four games from Brown last weekend before this mid-week loss to BC.“I have faith that we’ll bounce back this weekend,” Walsh said. “These guys have a lot of heart, a lot of grit, a lot of soul.”—Staff writer Jake I. Fisher can be reached at jifisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...those very memories that prevent the Crimson from repeating the mistakes of 2006. With six seniors who regularly make the game-night cut, Harvard has been able to rely on its experience to grit out contests against less battle-tested opponents...
...finished off his singles match,” Kumar said. “He just stayed calm, stayed really poised. I was very impressed.”Omodele-Lucien’s classmate, No. 6 Alexei Chijoff-Evans also showed his grit with an impressive 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win, grabbing hold of the match after regaining his feel for outdoor play.“I knew that eventually I could get [my play going], it was just a matter of when and how well I adjusted,” Chijoff-Evans said. “I really...