Word: heros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's spin-off is darker stuff, visually and in tone, than its Sunnydale sire. That's what happens when your hero can't see daylight without bursting into flames. Recovering bloodsucker Angel (David Boreanaz) has retreated to the sleazy side of L.A. to nurse a broken heart and protect humans, ideally without snacking on them. Besides its hulking, gloomy lead and self-absorbed-as-ever foil Cordelia, Angel also borrows Buffy's stylish thrills and its flashes of humor, sharp and surprising as teeth on your neck in a dark alley. Here's hoping it ultimately...
...HERO WORSHIP Until now there has been very little research on what kind of images of American men are conveyed by the media to teenage viewers. A new study by the child-advocacy group Children Now reveals that 74% of men portrayed in movies and on television take part in such antisocial behavior as ridiculing, being aggressive or carrying out defiant acts...
...responsible for her mysterious and fatal car crash, eventually confronting high profile 60s record producer Terry Valentine (Peter Fonda). However, as the contrasts between the righteous Limey and slimy Valentine diminish with the film's progression, the epiphanic conclusion is neither simple nor expected. Like any good noir, the hero's conscience is far from clean and his enemy is both charismatic and tragic. Both are ultimately confused victims of the same alienating world. Before Wilson or Valentine find resolution, they are forced to recognize themselves in the other, at whatever cost that confrontation brings...
...Gunther has been an unsung hero of the bunch. She has filled the void left by Anne Browning to concentrate on crew. Starting every game this season between the pipes, Gunther has been on a hot streak unmatched by anyone in the Ivy League...
Game 2 was a tighter affair, and Carmack was central, playing both hero and goat. The sophomore, who was Harvard's lone representative on the All-Tournament Team, drove in the Crimson's only two runs of the tournament with a two-run home run off VCU winner Jason Dubois (10-2) in the fourth that made...