Word: jakes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jacob Hansen, the town sheriff, pastor and undertaker, whose only purpose in the life is to watch over and attend to his people. As an all purpose civil servant for a disparate community, including everything from the spiritual colonists of the Wisconsin woods to simple, hardworking farm families Jake struggles to care for and understand everyone. Added to his cares is the livelihood of his own small family, and it is from his passion to love and protect all these people that the insanity grows...
...others, though, capturing just one moment of glory is a challenge. Imagine the feeling Jake Plummer and the Cardinals must have had when they knocked off America's Team in the playoffs. The sweat of previous defeats makes eventual success that much sweeter...
...others, though, capturing just one moment of glory is a challenge. Imagine the feeling Jake Plummer and the Cardinals must have had when they knocked off America's Team in the playoffs. The sweat of previous defeats makes eventual success that much sweeter...
...easy to see why Susan Sarandon chose this adaptation of Anne Tyler's quirky novel as the vehicle for her first TV role in a decade. Charlotte, a coddled housewife taken hostage by Jake, a punk bank robber, is a dream part, with the sort of sly comedic opportunities Sarandon hasn't had since Bull Durham. On the lam, Charlotte and Jake (a sweetly bumbling Stephen Dorff) are soon on the road to self-discovery. If their inner journey becomes too predictable (she loosens up; he starts to pull himself together; they sort of fall for each other), never mind...
...president John H. "Jake" Heller '99 sayschanging policy has ensured the club will maintainits essence...