Word: joying
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Just being able to get this movie made is a joy. It was difficult. The lead character is an 11-year-old African-American girl, and they're not making a lot of those movies...
...given the large size of many of their families--existence. Opus' sureties provide a spiritual grounding to life's everyday chaos and ambiguities. While she was raising seven children in the anything-goes 1970s, says Cathy Hickey of Larchmont, N.Y., Opus gave her "an underlying stream of peace and joy." Members bring a pious concentration to jobs that might otherwise be done less ethically or carefully. Heil, the Columbia student, says Opus "helps your whole life melt into this 24/7 conversation with...
...nostalgic that characterizes the entire film. He is an embodiment of lost innocence, a figure whom Wooley depicts as boyish even as his skin grows leathery and the wrinkles on his face deepen. Jones’ home is the former residence of A.A. Milne, and he radiates childish joy as he wanders the gardens, thinking about the residents of Pooh Corner. Wooley loves these moments of vulnerability, and Gregory shows Jones’ emotional neediness well: it’s easy to see why Jones always gets a second chance. Although Considene appears somewhat stiff as Thorogood, this only serves...
Probably most painful to the college population is the total late-night city shutdown. All over America, students know the joy of sitting in a diner at 5 a.m., ruminating random ideas and runny eggs. Yet even though IHOP was content asking for a mere 4 a.m. closing, compared to its normal 24/7 schedule, HSDF objected and won. As the president of the HSDF, Ginny Nathans put it, “If there were going to be a 4 a.m. license in Harvard square, it wouldn’t be in IHOP.” The restaurateurs...
...dressed! You're the Prime Minister!'? I thought, What the heck? This is how I dress. But life has changed, that's for sure. I can't go to the soccer game anymore, or I can't go to the market. You have to measure the joy it gives you against the inconvenience to the average person...