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...movie theater or ate in a restaurant. Because he couldn't teach much, he would often show films in his classes, and his hands would shake so badly that he could barely get the 8-mm film into the projector. As a student, he had earned his way from modest programs at colleges in California and West Virginia to an internship at Brown Medical School with esteemed psychologist David Barlow. Hayes had hoped to be a full professor by his early 30s, but what had been a promising career stalled...
...next three years." And if he did call a snap election, Thaksin is assured of at least one vote. Back in At Samart, Grandma Ouan tells a reporter that the cow Thaksin promised still hasn't showed up. As if on cue, a motorcycle roars up to her modest wooden house. On the bike is a young veterinarian from the Ministry of Agriculture with papers for Ouan to sign so he can bring her the cow. She won't actually own the animal; the government is lending it to her for five years. But she can keep any calves. What...
Having experienced the spotlight of Fashion Week, Remele remains modest about his work in fashion...
...when Aronofsky and Williams tone it down for the modest middle sequence, where modern-day researcher Thomas hunts for a cancer cure that will save his wife, the book becomes an unconvincing melodrama with two stock archetypes: the driven scientific male who struggles to defeat death and the beatific, artistic female who courageously accepts it. Without the star wattage of real people to put over the chemistry of the characters, the authors never build up a convincing case for the timelessness of this relationship. They need to stretch out the quiet bits, but, even at over 160 pages, the pace...
...Boston College, back in October, 2005. The photo showed Luke, son of “Meet the Press” host Tim Russert, with a bevy of bikini-clad girls. Following Gawker’s publication of the photo, his profile picture quickly changed. He now boasts a more modest picture of himself with a friend.Samuel Alito’s son, Philip, was ahead of the online media, however, when he chose to remove his Facebook profile following his father’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The use of social networking websites in online media is hardly restricted...