Word: smarting
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...watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt” routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure of the narrative, to the point where we’re not sure whether this is Notting Hill, Love Actually, or just some hideous amalgam of all the other resolutely WASPy, sickly-sweet Richard Curtis creations...
...which sounds like the “quiet song” at a contemporary church service. If F. Scott Fitzgerald’s maxim about the true test of intelligence can be extended to albums as well, then Mississauga is a pretty damn smart album; but, like all smarts, it’s only bound to appreciated by a select...
...successful at convincing people he was carefree. And as much as we tried to repress our intuitions, we always wanted to ask him why, if he really had as little to prove as he claimed, he felt compelled to talk about it so much. He’s crushingly smart though, and because he knows exactly what he sounds like, he plays up the tension, pitting his intimidating bravado against his obvious insecurity. It’s the same tension that kept characters like Sal Paradise and Holden Caulfield interesting to us when we were sixteen, and Eminem is compelling...
...know one of the biggest things was Neil Rose [’03], who I had the privilege of spending two years watching play,” Fitzpatrick says. “He’s such a student of the game—very smart, great instincts out there in the field, great leader. I think that’s one of my biggest things, was I was able to sit and learn from...
...probably one of the most inspiring stories here at Harvard,” Delaney-Smith says. “She’s just doing a great job. She’s so consistent, so smart. She’s a player who has played within her strengths...