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...reception in Britain). Jordan's reconstruction of revolutionary Dublin is visually impressive and historically persuasive. His take on Collins is, in its way, equally attractive, if somewhat less than fully dimensional. Collins is presented as revolutionary warriors generally are by their admirers: as a practical soldier, a man of rough humor, mostly inarticulate idealism and, perhaps, a certain unspoken regret about that "talent for mayhem" (as he puts it), which is as much burden as gift. And he is embodied by Liam Neeson, who is near perfect in the role. There is an old-fashioned romanticism to the actor...
However, it is possible to do a rough estimate given the known factors, which are the lighting, the professor's age, the relative level of the podium to the seats and the number of rows in the auditorium...
...talked about a rough idea of how to run the meeting," Tadros said. "Last year, [Assistant Professor of Government Eva] Bellin was the mediator, but this year, we decided to have a member from each group chair the meeting...
...production hit a rough patch when Hawn tried to drop out shortly before shooting started. Paramount's Lansing played hardball, threatening to sue. "I'll take your house," an insider remembers her threatening. Hawn stayed in but asked for changes to make the women less shrewish. "I stuck with that bone and didn't let it go," she says. Addams Family Values screenwriter Paul Rudnick polished the script. And Midler, demanding more comedy, improvised some of her sharpest lines, including her comment to her husband's lithe mistress: "My, my. The bulimia certainly has paid...
...athletes' inconsistency can perhaps be attributable to their rough schedule, including an away game tommorow in Hartford and a Sunday game against Penn...