Word: stoutness
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...which arrives in North American theaters Friday after its rapturous reception two weeks ago as the opening-night attraction at the Cannes Film Festival. Both movies are about lonely creatures - a droid left on Earth, a man whose cherished wife has died - taking a perilous trip. Both protagonists are stout and box-shaped and don't talk much. Both films, under the thrill-ride wrapping, are unabashed love stories. And though it's not yet summer, we can declare that Up, like WALL-E, will prove to be one of the most satisfying movie experiences of its year...
...pathetic fall from the military, society, and humanity. In addition, Lind captures his subjects with kind of dual childishness and precision; in sketching the form of Bachmann’s girlfriend Helga, he writes, “Before their eyes stood a Valkyrie in a short blue dress, disclosing stout calves and powerful knees that gave promise of heavenly thighs… Her breasts were bigger than the legendary blue mountains and just as unlikely, her bottom was as round as a terrestrial globe.” In doing so, Lind persuades the reader to see the world more...
...kukri strapped to Mekhman Tamang's hip belt is more than an ordinary family heirloom. When his father bequeathed the traditional knife to him 10 years ago, Tamang, a third-generation Gurkha soldier, also inherited the stout-hearted reputation tethered to thousands of Nepalese men who fought for foreign countries before him. Recruited by the British army in 1999, the 30-year-old soldier has braved hails of Taliban bullets during two recent stints in Afghanistan. But he is uncertain whether he will be able to pass down his kukri - or the Gurkha legacy...
...Harvard softball team (6-3) rode its stout defense and timely hitting to an impressive 4-1 record at the Miken Classic this weekend at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. After opening the Classic with a Friday sweep, the Crimson rebounded from a tough 1-0 loss to Central Michigan (3-7) to defeat Ivy foe Columbia (0-5) and Florida Atlantic (13-12). “We set some pretty strong goals for this weekend, and I think this tournament has been great,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “We don?...
...looked like we were in a great position to take advantage of,” Donato said.As the clock ticked down from five minutes, Harvard started overtime by counting down from two minutes after yet another penalty called against the Crimson, this one on freshman Alex Killorn. Relying on stout defensive play, Harvard escaped the power play situation and received one final opportunity to end the game in its favor. Two Brown penalties primed the Crimson with a highly favorable five-on-three setup.With 22.1 seconds to go, Harvard took aim at the Brown goal and made its final attempts...