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...ages before it went out of style in the 90s - but which now might be called chick comedy. The protagonist is still a man (the moguls seeming to believe that no actress draw the big crowds), but romantic connection is the goal. And the tone is on the soft side. Chick comedy is about men compromising: trying to be nice, keeping secrets, coping with frustration and embarrassment, finding the middle way. Basically, being bullied. The men in chick comedies have evolved into losers...
...they treat Dan as the runt of the litter? They must think he loves washing his kids' clothes at home, because when he visits his parents they make him sleep in the laundry room. In any matter relating to Dan's rebellious daughters, the family reflexively takes the girls' side over their dad's. His own father (John Mahoney) treats him with the bluff bonhomie of men who wouldn't be caught dead in an intimate discussion. And Dan's mom (Dianne Wiest), it's clear, has been nagging him all his life. "Get lost for a while," she tells...
...best weather of the season for cross country was a harbinger of things to come, as the Crimson cross country teams turned in their best performances in years by placing fifth on both the men’s and women’s sides at the Ivy League Heptagonals Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in New York on Friday. The men were paced by senior captain Brian Holmquest, who finished 14th in 25:15.1, good enough for All-Ivy honors for the second consecutive year. Despite the strong finish, Holmquest wasn’t satisfied with finishing outside...
...sheet with three picks.Hewlett put the game away with his final interception, grabbing a desperation pass by Dartmouth’s second quarterback of the day, Tom Bennewitz, with 1:26 left in the game.“At first I was actually kind of reading towards the other side, and I was a little surprised,” Hewlett said. “It was a little overthrown, and I guess that was what helped me make that play, just being in the right place at the right time.”Although the score does not suggest...
...presidential elections, candidates may fall on either side of the ideological spectrum. Not the left versus right, liberal versus conservative divide—I’m talking about where candidates stand on the spectrum between total ideologue and complete flip-flopping weathervane...