Word: possessed
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...rest of the movie moves at a snail’s pace. From answering the door in the nude to constantly lecturing Brody on her much-anticipated death, Dukakis more than fills the role of the wise-yet-caustic matron.Despite being somewhat miscast, Ryan, Stewart, and Brody possess the acting chops to gently carry “In the Land of Women” to a possible Golden Globe pity-nomination. But Kasdan’s script gives the actors little to work with. Instead of achieving characters of depth and complexity, Kasdan’s characters are nothing more...
...invited by the President or by various schools, departments, or student groups. Many of the flags owned by the Marshal’s office were given to Harvard by ambassadors, although the Woodbridge Society’s board members said they did not know how Harvard came to possess the two flags in question. The office traditionally lends flags to Woodbridge this event. “There’s no incentive for us to punish the people who took them,” Woodbridge Society President Rebecca R. Gong ’08 said. “We don?...
...that represent the application of Léger’s new artistic technique. Both the representational and abstract pieces are dominated by the tubular forms and contrasting colors that Léger’s work is identified with. Despite their diverse subjects, the works in this exhibit possess similarly dynamic and compact compositions. Léger concentrates the energy in the center of each image with tightly arranged tubes and cubes that explode off the paper and rush at the viewer. White and black shapes interrupt the tan ground while curved lines abut sharp edges, creating the illusion...
...asked Fromar if she was concerned that the courts would ask her to define what the Second Amendment’s reference to “arms” meant, Fromar responded, “Those are the questions that are less fundamental than whether you or I can possess weapons.” —Staff writer Kevin Zhou can be reached at kzhou@fas.harvard.edu...
What would possess seemingly sane people to treat concrete walls like trampolines? To leap over handicap-access ramps like Donkey Kong? The answer is parkour, a jaw-dropping hybrid of gymnastics and cross-country running that is equal parts Spider-Man whimsy and hard-core stamina. The word is derived from the French term for obstacle course, and like it or not, U.S. college campuses are becoming hot spots for this exhilarating new breed of steeplechase--horse-free and adaptable to any setting. Google parkour, campus and map, and you'll find, among some 58,000 results, an annotated parkour...