Word: helping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...movie progresses, Bronchant's true nature is revealed as well. Despite his snide comments and apparent dislike of Pignon, Bronchant still needs his "idiot" to help him out, whether by physically carrying him up the stairs or making phone calls. At one point, Bronchant reveals that the reason he only has expensive wines in his home is because he worked very hard his whole life so that he doesn't have to drink cheap wine. Therefore the audience sees through the upper-bourgeois crust that hides Bronchant's low upbringing just as Pignon's idiocy never obscures his human qualities...
...fellow passengers offered the child and her mother a seat, a supply of tissues and some water. None of this surprised any of us--this is an ordinary event in New York. People hold doors, give up their seats on public transportation for pregnant or elderly passengers and always help out in an emergency...
...fellow passengers offered the child and her mother a seat, a supply of tissues and some water. None of this surprised any of us--this is an ordinary event in New York. People hold doors, give up their seats on public transportation for pregnant or elderly passengers and always help out in an emergency...
...interviewees snap into place. Here, the Harvard name means nothing and the Los Angeles Times is a little-known entity. My numerous brochures about the history and itinerary of the Tour are more of a hindrance with the pounds they add to my already weight load than a help in writing my articles...
...cardinal rules of journalism--perhaps, not surprisingly, the only one I did not learn at The Crimson: the art of reliance and admitting ignorance. I say art because it takes practice to swallow your pride--something none of us Harvardians are too adept at--and to ask for help from a total stranger. But it is in these moments of helplessness that I have gained incredible insight into the Tour and its people...