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Despite the paucity of plot, Page has a lock on an Academy Award nomination for this film. She can express more with the contours of her face than most actresses can express with their entire bodies. We come to understand her less by what she says than by how she twists her face when she pouts, or by how she hums when she rocks in her favorite chair and pulls a blanket snugly around her shoulders, staring at the full moon and dreaming...

Author: By Robert F. Cunha, | Title: Horn of Plenty | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

...Crimson, which has scored more goals than any other team in the conference (87) and allowed the fewest (36), has a not too surprisingly lock on the top slots in the ECAC scoring and goaltending races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Reflects on a 'Pot of Misery | 2/6/1986 | See Source »

Dawkins is essentially a lock to go in the first round of the NBA draft...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Cagers Headed for One Devil of a Time | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

What does it mean to go into a maximum security prison? Says Weaver, "We lock our belongings in a locker and get searched. We take off our shoes, belts, and get frisked...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: It's an Education for Everyone Concerned | 1/15/1986 | See Source »

...before, I polished my fingernails to make them hard. Her father charged me with assault. That's stupid. But I got in trouble in school, in court, and my mother, you know, she cried when the cops came. Mothers get so nervous. But that's stupid. They wouldn't lock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Christmas Story | 12/30/1985 | See Source »

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