Word: packed
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...prison society by doing tax work for the screws, ultimately making himself invaluable to the crooked warden and a source of solid ironic humor to the audience. Even so, his character could not survive without Red's example. Red is the guy who can get you anything, from a pack of butts to a movie-star poster. He's all self-containment, never raising his voice or anyone's suspicions about his activities. And Freeman, who is simply a great actor, a man who has never struck a false note in his career, both narrates this tale and anchors...
...Powell and Nunn were going to Port-au-Prince to make one last try at persuading the three top Haitian leaders to take the money and run. Literally take the money and run. The delegation was authorized to discuss just one thing with the Cedras crowd: how they would pack up to leave. U.S. officials denied they were offering any extra cash to the clique, but the three could in effect collect their own money -- the substantial wealth they are believed to have stashed abroad. And Washington would be happy to provide planes to fly them, their wives, mistresses...
...weeks ago when the absence of baseball from our cultural landscape looked like it would have catastrophic implications for American society, a friend of mine devised the following solution to the strike: replace today's oversensitive, overpaid brat pack of players with the stars of yore...
...prestigious Institute of Medicine will come to the rescue this week with a finding that nicotine is indeed addictive and should be regulated as a drug. But instead of a complete ban on cigarettes, the iom recommends raising the cigarette tax from 24 cents to a hefty $2 a pack...
Like Harvard, Brown enters a new era this season. Mark Whipple, a former-Brown quarterback, assumes the coaching duties, promising a more wide-open offense. Expect him to deliver to the tune of a middle-of-the-pack finish: his University of New Haven team averaged 50.5 and 52.5 points per game, respectively, the past two years...