Word: knighting
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...25th-ranked Broncos took advantage of two late Jamil Walker tallies to overcome a red card received by sophomore defender Zach Knight in the first half as they defeated the Crimson 2-0 yesterday afternoon...
...political, emotional or social program. Dirty Pretty Things, for example, could be called an expos? of the inhuman conditions forced on an African doctor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Turkish woman (Amélie's Audrey Tautou) and other immigrants working in a London hotel. The movie clicks, however, because Steven Knight's script tucks sharply observed commentary into an appealing love story. Phillip Noyce's stylish The Quiet American, based on the 1954 Graham Greene novel, uncovers early U.S. chicanery in Vietnam. But it's more impressive for Michael Caine's perfectly graded performance as a tired Englishman whose political scruples...
...Alessandro’s consolidation plan will focus on elementary schools, CRLS also faces its own organizational turmoil this year. After the high school was restructured two years ago, the principal who engineered the new program quit. This summer the district named one of its own administrators, Sybil Knight, to the helm...
...literally. Harvey Pekar, of "American Splendor," proffers a disturbing piece about his mental breakdown and the return of a malignant tumor. He ends with "I'm trying to work my way through. What else is there?" Mixing independent newcomers with such big-name artists as Frank Miller ("The Dark Knight Strikes Back,") "Happy Endings" has the most mainstream appeal of the four anthologies. Miller's darkly funny piece is one "happy" ending after another like, "Once we squished the last of the little ones, we knew everything would be great...
...Ironically enough, much of Naipaul's contempt is reserved for title-conscious ex-colonials. "Calcutta still has an isolated aging set with British titles," he writes. On St. Kitts, "the governor is a Negro knight from another island." And in Belize, "the Premier likes to use titles." These are unlikely observations from a Trinidadian of Indian descent who accepted a British knighthood with both hands. But, along with many other characterizations in this collection, they are from the archive. Naipaul has ceased to be so breezy and has stopped accepting the sort of assignments that in the past resulted...