Word: pride
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MacDonald gives new life to this old American story of poor-white pride and prejudice. He also has a knack for quickly grabbing and holding a reader's attention. How's this for an opening line? "I was back in Southie, 'the best place in the world,' as Ma used to say before the kids died...
...What to look for: A fast-paced musical farce that promises to be highly entertaining, even as a social commentary on class and pride unfolds. And as director Echeverria says, despite the traditional sets and costumes and ideas, modern parallels can still be found, which helps to explain why Gilbert and Sullivan has always been at once both archaic...
...other cheesy, feel good movies like Air Force One, predictability and corny catch lines pervade the film. Mystery, Alaska has enough quirkiness to avoid the deadly trap; scenes turn the audience upside-down with laughter, jolt them with unexpected sadness, and energize them with pride, enthusiasm and even team spirit. This Florida native seriously considered moving to a small town near the Yukon Territory to take up ice hockey after seeing the movie...
...incredible experience playing Harvardhockey and I take a great deal of pride in wearinga Harvard jersey, and I enjoyed myself," Mleczkosaid. "This was the greatest 14 months of my life,going from winning the Olympic gold medal to thenational championship, and being a part of twovery special teams means...
...Crimson applied plenty of pressure on the Tigers, dominating most of the game, but it couldn't score. That loss knocked it from Ivy contention and prompted Locker afterwards to remark that the team now played for pride...