Word: ryan
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...Cambridge will likely have major implications in the Ivy League title race, as the Crimson and the Quakers were picked to finish 1-2 in the Ancient Eight in the preseason media poll. Last year, Harvard squeaked out a win at Franklin Field on the strength of three Ryan Barnes interceptions, but dynamic Penn quarterback Keiffer Garton will have a full season of experience under his belt this time around. Harvard’s new-look defense will have to play better than it did last year—when the Quakers recorded a season-high 445 yards?...
...have a lot of guys who maybe didn’t start a lot of games last year...but there’s really not as much of a lack of experience as it may appear,” senior Ryan Burkhead says. “There’s a lot of experience there, these guys have been biding their time...
Kirn's novel inched into nightmare, as Ryan got mixed up with a company called MegaTech and became convinced someone was stealing his miles. Reitman, who previously scored with the quirky hits Thank You for Smoking and Juno, and who shares screenplay credit with Sheldon Turner, soft-pedals the satire and pumps up Ryan's relationships with Alex and Natalie. The movie's development of three strong personalities, each with grails the others don't seek, shows a maturity rare in modern movies. So does Reitman's refusal to judge any of the three. He doesn't force comeuppance...
Clooney responds to this unusual freedom with the sharpest, most nuanced performance of his career. He gets inside Ryan because, as he has acknowledged, this is a portrait of a character not far from his own: a traveling man with scores of women in his past, riding high on the confidence that people will buy anything he pitches - even a savory comedy-drama with a tart aftertaste. He, and Reitman, could close the sale on Oscar night...
MIDNIGHT MADNESS Under an austere light, dark suede and shiny snakeskin reveal their true colors. This page: GUCCI python bag, $4,700 (Gucci boutiques, 800-456-7663) Opposite page: HERMES Tentation boots, $2,050 (Herms boutiques, 800-441-4488) Styled by Sharon Ryan for Halley Resources Market editor: Mengly Taing...