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...portrayed the broken world of a gambler. That film’s narrative fell apart by trying to weave together too many loose ends; “Deal” collapses at the other extreme, failing to explore the inner lives of its characters and trudging along slowly. Bret Harrison moves from a string of TV sitcom appearances to the big screen as Alex Stillman, a recent Yale graduate who pursues his dream of becoming a professional poker player. But his easy success in online poker tournaments does not translate to the professional poker circuit until he unexpectedly meets Tommy...
...arguments is that our students are adults and if they want to allow themselves to become addicted to a particular form of distraction...then that’s their right,” Parker said. Some professors in the College have tried to combat Internet distraction. History professor Henrietta Harrison prohibited laptops her first year of teaching. “I’m not sure whether the answer is to make it banned or just put a huge effort into explaining to students that if you’re checking your e-mail and reading the news during lecture...
...next seasons.”In the first stanza, sophomore attacker Jesse Fehr answered Holy Cross’s opening goal with one of his own just 20 seconds later and his teammates, junior midfielder Max Motschwiller, freshman attacker Francis Ellis and Burr lit up Crusader goalie Jimmy Harrison with a barrage of scoring, three goals in under 90 seconds.Though in this period the Crimson divided face-offs with Holy Cross—three for each team—Harvard led in groundballs, 12-5, dictating the pace of the game.Rounding out the first half, Burr struck twice more, while...
...York 50 years hence, with 40 million people crushed on the island, half of them out of work. The Soylent Corporation, which runs the town, determines there's only one way to feed these people: by feeding them people. The bitter cop Heston plays is a precursor to the Harrison Ford role in Blade Runner. One big difference: Soylent Green, and Heston's other s-f horror shows, made lots of money. The star's presence brought the crowds in to watch their doomed destiny...
Home is subtitled A Memoir of My Early Years, and it takes us only through 1962, post--My Fair Lady and Camelot but pre-Poppins. But it gives us a full helping of backstage gossip, from a drunken, amorous Richard Burton to an explosively flatulent Rex Harrison. Andrews comes across as plainspoken, guilelessly charming and resoundingly tough. Maybe too tough--she lets us backstage, but she never quite takes us upstairs, into her head. (Moss Hart, trying gamely to get Andrews to emote in My Fair Lady, said, sighing, "She has that terrible British strength that makes you wonder...