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...Good As It Gets is quietly different from the rest of the holiday releases: a bit old-fashioned in the sweet, simple values it embraces, but with a decidedly modern slant. The film's genuinely funny, moving script will make the audience feel as if it's earned a pleasant afterglow (and perhaps a Kleenex or two). Nicholson and Hunt are strikingly good, and James Brooks shows that he knows how to craft a clever love story. There's no shame in letting yourself get carried away by As Good As It Gets--you're in good hands...
Although Buckley represents an extreme slant that not many, at least not many at Harvard, would be comfortable championing, the logic of his stance supports the decision to place Christmas symbols in the public spaces of this secular University. Given that Christmas trees are inherently Christian symbols, intimately linked to Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, it is impossible to claim their neutrality. Therefore, in order to justify placing Christmas trees, as the sole symbol of the winter holidays, in the dining halls, one would need to believe that the majority culture has the singular right to representation...
Elliott, a career-long guard, was switched to Riley's position at tackle, a newly relevant spot with the coaching staff's emphasis on slant running and the off-tackle game...
Making the transition from Hu to Menick entailed keeping essentially the same running package but making slight modifications. Harvard became more aggressive and emphasized its now trademark slant and off-tackle carries...
...highlighted by a fine performance out of junior cornerback Glenn Jackson, whose diving knockdown on a fourth-quarter slant play likely saved a touchdown...