Word: solemnness
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...cleansing has already done to the neighborhood. Mansur and his neighbor Hassan Hussein, who are both Shi'ites, say they never imagined they would see a day when their neighbors would not only leave but go in fear. For many Iraqis, watching a family move is an experience as solemn as seeing a grave exhumed. "It's really painful to see families we've known for so long leave," says Hussein. "We would eat together. We would sit together. We played together as children. We felt very close." Mansur doubts things on their block can be the same again. Speaking...
...Neither is Aronofsky?s movie. Ever. It?s a truism of the adventure film that audiences can take it seriously if it doesn?t take itself too seriously. Play the material lightheartedly and viewers can enter into its world; play it straight and solemn, and they?ll get the giggles. The Fountain, which with its opening chords announces its life-or-death theme (and life beyond death), has no time or inclination for comedy. Every line of dialogue, each special effect, all those portentous glances underline the desperate urgency of Tom?s enterprise: to find a way to stop Izzy...
...second half, the movie gets pretty conventional. Another tramp, tough Wallace Beery, commandeers the gang and threatens to steal Brooks from Arlen. But under his rags, he can be noble - a member of the hobocracy - and facilitates an improbable happy ending. Beggars of Life was an unusually solemn project for Brooks, and her character must tilt from plaintive hoyden to, at the end, a child bride dressed in Gish garb. But she proves she can be earnest and yearning and winsome every bit as convincingly as she is cool and seductive and corrosive...
What should have been a day of celebration for Harvard turned into a solemn affair Saturday, as Penn (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) upset the Crimson (7-2, 4-2 Ivy) 22-13 in front of 7,819 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. Senior running back Clifton Dawson eclipsed the Ivy League’s all-time career rushing mark with a 55-yard carry in the first quarter, finishing the day with 119 yards. But the Quakers and four first-half turnovers proved too much to overcome. After taking a 7-0 lead in the first on a five...
What should have been a day of celebration for Harvard turned into a solemn affair today, as Penn (5-4, 3-3 Ivy) upset the Crimson (7-2, 4-2 Ivy) 22-13 in front of 7,819 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Penn. Senior running back Clifton Dawson eclipsed the Ivy League’s all-time rushing yards mark with a 55-yard carry in the first quarter on his way to 119 yards on the game. But the Quakers and four first-half turnovers proved too much for Harvard to overcome. After taking a 7-0 lead...