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...which this movie kicks and spits. The relationship between gruff, gravel-mouthed Ennis (Heath Ledger—“A Knight’s Tale”) and the more nimble Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal—“Donnie Darko”) is a fiery complicated mess from which only one earnest fact emerges: they do not love women or men, only one another. Nor are they particularly successful cowboys; their inability to keep their eyes on the sheep and off each other gets them fired. So if that’s the case, then why does...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Journey to 'Brokeback' | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...lacking the dexterity to handle the china, they have made a terrible mess of things...

Author: By Travis R. Kavulla and Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: How to make a ‘Scene’ | 12/6/2005 | See Source »

President Bush may have drawn cheers at campaign rallies last year by calling the federal income tax code "a complicated mess" and promising to make its "million pages" simpler and fairer. But H&R Block can breathe easy for another season. Bush aides tell TIME that the President is likely to postpone any big push for comprehensive tax reform--which looked like it would be a centerpiece of next year's agenda--until '07 or '08. In the meantime, he will probably start small by mentioning the issue in the State of the Union and other addresses next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tax Reform: A Balk? | 12/5/2005 | See Source »

Finally, their fifth pledge is to redefine the relationship between the UC and the student body. Students no longer feel that the UC represents them. The UC web site is a mess and it’s not possible for students to access agendas, minutes, legislation, or roll-calls, let alone the time and location of the next UC meeting. Student interest is so low that there were not even enough candidates immediately on the ballot in many houses for September’s UC elections. Magnus and Tom will recruit students with web experience to redesign and maintain...

Author: By Marc P Eskenazi, Wojtek P Kaszynski, and Ezra J Rapoport | Title: Magnus and Tom: The Ticket for True Reform | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...wait! Volcano! is not done. No, rather than fade away, the album burns out in a raucous avalanche of sound as war cry, battleaxe guitar, and rolling drums crash down in a violent mess. Just when it seems as though Vesuvius has blown, the band returns to the twinkling calm of the first track, leaving exhausted listeners wondering if the past insane hour of gorgeous convulsions actually happened...

Author: By Evan L. Hanlon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beautiful Seizure | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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