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...set-up here at the Harvard Square Loews arrived in 1984, just as we were being born. Four years had passed and we’d seen the freaks on Church Street but never sat with them...
Julia (Martina Gusman) wakes up, severely bruised, with two men asleep in her apartment. Only later does she realize that the first man (her lover) is dead, the second (his lover) alive but seriously wounded. Yet another intriguing plot set-up that goes nowhere, for this film quickly devolves into a prison drama as Julia is accused of the murder and discovers she is pregnant. Argentine law allows women prisoners to keep their children with them until the age of four. This allows Gusman (the director's wife) much latitude for scenery-chewing, which makes her another candidate for Best...
...What distinguishes McCain's redemption tale is its elaborate detail. Two books, Faith of My Fathers, which McCain co-wrote with his speechwriter and adviser Mark Salter, and The Nightingale's Song, by Robert Timberg, flesh out in intimate detail the misbehavior of McCain's youth, as the set-up for a hero's narrative...
...after spring break, suites will no longer have an extra room in addition to a single for each resident.Instead, rising seniors will only be able to pick suites with a number of rooms that is equal to the number of residents lotterying as a group—the same set-up they had as juniors this year.“I’m really just mad about the fact that they are doing this right now,” said William C. Quinn ’10 of the announcement’s proximity to the lottery deadline...
...play, but the Crimson rose above the temptation to fight and gladly accepted the Bobcats’ extra penalties. However, it was not a referee’s call that led to Harvard’s next goal, but an even strength effort again from Michaud. In a set-up very similar to his first goal, the freshman collected a pass from the left to the right, this time from defenseman Ian Tallett, and ripped a shot from the point past Fisher with 2:43 remaining in the period. The significance of Michaud’s first and second goals...