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...biggest advantage is our mental game,” Offsay added. “We need to just slow the game down and play smart...

Author: By Karan Lodha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Heads to Northerns | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

...suffers from depression without trying to hide it behind a façade of humor—and is utterly unwilling to try to improve his situation. For example, on their trip, Jack and Miles hang out with a waitress named Maya (Virginia Madsen) who’s smart and warm and gorgeous and…into Miles? The plain, bitter, mopey Miles? Give me a break. And how does Miles react to Maya’s interest in him? By feeling more sorry for himself, a characterization flub which might be funny in a Woody Allen movie, but Miles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

...executed the game plan,” Caples said. “It was a very tactical game, and we played smart...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Topples No. 17 Terriers | 10/28/2004 | See Source »

...distinctly that with age they'll meld into one distinct flavor," Payne says. It's that same blending that Payne does, mixing the effete and the unpretentious, the banal with the surreal, the painstakingly honed with the unretouched, that make his movies so good. At least that sounds smart after four really big glasses of wine. --With reporting by Desa Philadelphia/Los Angeles

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: He's Got Good Taste | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...been manly and daddy-oriented. The networks have churned out CSI clones that have mostly male leads. After a ratings drop-off among young men last fall, executives blamed new shows starring women (Karen Sisco, Miss Match). Family sitcoms hew to the formula of lumpy guy with hot, smart but secondary wife. Bush's answer to the "strong women" question--that he learned "to listen to them"--was According to Jim politics. He's the likable hubby who needs Laura to point out his foibles, but he's still the star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fury of Women Scorned | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

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