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...grade-Z moviemaker and cross-dresser with a special affection for angora sweaters; Don Juan De Marco, where he plays a schizophrenic who escapes from dismal reality by impersonating, with sinuous delicacy, an enviably proficient Latin lover; and Benny & Joon, in which he's an illiterate and nearly speechless waif with a genius for mime. What is perhaps most striking about these characterizations is their fundamental sobriety, disciplined intensity and hints of Depp's other main line, which consists of making something quite hypnotic out of a passivity enlivened by nothing more than watchful alertness. He used this strand...
...evidence. He had just come home from a family vacation and had seen a copy of a book written by Guinness in 1996. What's more, he read an article in Time magazine which seemed to make it very clear that the man was not dead. I was speechless...
Spurred on by the previous series, the Crimson pulled out a thrilling 4-3 victory to move into the ECAC final. The thousands of Catamount fans who had been bused in from Burlington were left speechless as they watched their team get ousted by the Crimson's stellar defensive play and the rock-solid goaltending of senior Tripp Tracy, who this season became only the third Harvard goalie ever to record over 2,000 career saves...
...Ferrell, Penn State's academic athletic adviser for 12 years, thinks differently. "Blacks like to say they don't believe in Joe," says Ferrell, an African American. "They think what he's done is too good to be true. They have a certain perception of Joe that leaves me speechless. Joe's an educator and a father, and not just a coach. He never lets the young people down. He is the ultimate experience...
Cross-border strains are rare here. The Mexicali Cineplex offers a choice among Nell, Speechless, Junior and Disclosure. At the border checkpoint, housewives flood through turnstiles heading for Calexico's Wal-Mart. Calexico's mayor is Mexican American, as are most residents. Even on the university campus in Mexicali, says student-body president Pedro Ariel Mendivil, anti-American slogans are virtually unheard of. ``That's old-fashioned politics,'' he says, adding that he hopes to earn a master's degree in the U.S. to gain foreign experience. He will not emigrate, however: ``I love Mexico passionately. We have...