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...like Dirty Harry channeling Winston Churchill--but his vow to take bin Laden "dead or alive" had an appealing clarity. And last week an impromptu Bush put the war in perspective after introducing the Nigerian President in the Rose Garden. Squinting into the sun, which eliminates any temptation to smirk or bite his lip, Bush promised that "we're on the hunt" and we're "going to chase them down," then advised impatient Americans to get over their need for "instant gratification...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unleash The Pitcher Within! | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...making the audience hate her Nurse Ratched. With every condescending raise of the eyebrow, the viewer feels more and more like attacking her, just as McMurphy does. Christopher R. Starr ’03 makes a believably arrogant and influential McMurphy. His performance is enhanced by the mischievously playful smirk that never leaves his face. As Chief Bromden, Yuming Zou ’02 fulfills the role’s stoic requirements. Robert A. Hodgson ’05 plays a wonderfully vulnerable Billy Bibbit: He stutters like...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cuckoo Soars in Leverett | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...ballads (“Drive You Home” and “So Like a Rose”). Certainly, Beautiful Garbage wanders stylistically at times compared to the Garbage’s previous work, but the band nevertheless show they can update their sound without sacrificing their trademark smirk...

Author: By Frank A. Madden, | Title: Garbage | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

...some places it may be too sharp for good taste. Headlines such as “Fun Toy Banned Because of Three Stupid Dead Kids” and “Loved Ones Recall Local Man’s Cowardly Battle With Cancer,” provoke that horrible smirk-shudder reaction, and the book might be better had they been left...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Layers of the Onion Unpeeled | 9/28/2001 | See Source »

...somplace else or back to your [Magliozzi’s] room?’ I said, ‘Cool we’ll go back to my room and listen to my will smith CD.’ She [Ali] turned and looked and gave a smirk,” he said with a red face...

Author: By Andrew B. Pacelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Are We There Yet? | 9/27/2001 | See Source »

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