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...specifically, Wyoming ranch hands. And, during a chilly 1963 summer, they bide their time herding sheep and plunging tumultuously into a fervid romance.But words like “gay” are the sort of reductive labels against which this movie kicks and spits. The relationship between gruff, gravel-mouthed Ennis (Heath Ledger—“A Knight’s Tale”) and the more nimble Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal—“Donnie Darko”) is a fiery complicated mess from which only one earnest fact emerges: they do not love women...
...lost their eccentricity altogether, but it doesn’t seem to be in good shape.It seems impossible to define SFA without mentioning their nationality; they are unapologetically Welsh. (They have recorded a full LP in the Welsh language, their first names are Huw, Dafydd, Cian, Guto, and Gruff, etc.) Yet one would never have known based on the performance Monday. They simply played their hits and kept the talking to a minimum. When they did decide to talk, it was mostly political grandstanding. It seems that as their music has gotten simpler over the years, so has their political...
...which Mahler responds, “My name is Robert.”) The sometimes clumsy script is ably repaired by the quality of the interaction between the two players who are truly exchanging essential ideas, Kawaller’s touchingly idealistic Sophie and Polk’s gruff realist Mohr...
...Deel's neighbor Ron Longcore, 66, a burly, gruff orchardist and Oceana County lifer, wants to lease a sliver of his land to house some of Michigan Wind Energy's turbines. The money, he says, would help cover taxes and insurance on his orchards, averting the need to parcel off parts of the property to residential developers. "I'd rather see one or two towers sitting out there than a bunch of houses," says Longcore. "I want to preserve my way of life...
First of all, make sure you smile, even if it’s sort of a half-grin. After all, you want to at least give the impression that you’re actually a nice person. If you enter a room with a stern face and gruff, stand-offish demeanor, even I would run away. Second, although it may go against your Harvard instinct, master the art of small talk. That doesn’t mean you should talk about the weather—unless you’re trying to engage an ESPP concentrator with your knowledge...