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Computer-generated creatures are actors too, and Episode 1 has some of potential Oscar caliber. Watto growls and connives with the swagger of a con man who's not as smart as he thinks. Sebulba, Anakin's rival in the Podrace, walks on his hands and throttles rivals with his feet. "George said, 'Think of a spider crossed with an orangutan crossed with a sloth,'" recalls Rob Coleman, the film's animation director. Coleman would pester Lucas for backstory on obscure creatures like Sebulba, "but I've never been able to stump him. He marinates in this world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ready, Set, Glow! | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

Full of confidence following a 7-0 sweep of Cornell in their first Ivy League action of the year, the Lions (11-3) will need every bit of this swagger to garner a victory over the Crimson this weekend. With a 5-2 record at No. 1 singles, Steve Millerman leads Columbia...

Author: By Brian C. Clay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Set to Take on Ivy Foes | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...Bradley's Tavern, once the grandest illegal casino in North America, is now a cheeseball bar that plays '80s hits at supersonic decibels. If you were a Kennedy, you would find your little brother drinking here. After last call at the country club, the true alcoholics of Palm Beach swagger to Club 251. They mingle with B-list stars and failed models turned trophy wives. Hint: pastel pants work best with yellow or orange cashmere cardigans. More traditional spring break nightlife can be found at the six "original" Irish pubs dotting Clementis Street (see restaurants...

Author: By Joseph I. Liebman, | Title: palm beach | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

...play's only womanscorned is Brawley, who plays a seasoned rodeo-rider in "Rodeo." She is no ordinary woman scorned but a Western firebrand with an accent and a swagger who is furious at the capitalists who bought out her rodeo...

Author: By Jamie L. Jones, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Talk: Eleven Women to Know | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...image of idiot hunters fueled by beer and bourbon and blazing away at anything that moves in the forest--sometimes firing from the cabs of pickups--has made many hunters sheepish. They have developed a sense of image and public relations. Any residual tendency toward the killer's swagger has been replaced by an official vocabulary that comes dangerously close to the touchy-feely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Kids Hunt? | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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