Word: tears
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...self-discovery and fence mending. (A Walk to Remember and Crossroads have about a dozen of these I-forgive-you-oh-no-let-me-forgive-you-first scenes.) Audiences trained to expect a climax of bloody or comic revenge have to settle for hugs and smiles and maybe a tear. To enjoy these films is to get in touch with your inner softie. And that doesn't fit today's jock-and-schlock film climate, where "nice" is the tiniest niche...
...Across town was another sign of distress. At Kabul Stadium?the scene of ghastly Taliban executions in the past?Afghans squared off against international peacekeepers in a football game, the first live entertainment in the capital in nearly a decade. The event was marred by stone throwing, tear-gas firing and beatings as foreign troops struggled to hold back thousands trying to cram into the already brimming 30,000-seat stadium. Against the warlords, Karzai is similarly outmanned. Though he can count on widespread support from both the West and Afghans sick of the fighting and bullying, his rivals have...
...second half, Harvard held on to its lead, though the Lions came within three with less than eight minutes remaining. But Columbia’s hopes of a comeback were swept away as Cserny went on a tear, scoring seven straight points to put the Crimson ahead 55-46 with 4:16 left. Cserny hit a three for a 58-49 Harvard advantage, and then hit the final shot of the game for a final score...
...like we crashed and burned," a tear-stained Racine said. "I'm very proud of that fifth place, especially when I know more effort went into our fifth place finish than anyone else tonight." Effort that could result in surgery for Johnson, depending on the results of an MRI scheduled for today...
...dominated areas elsewhere in Kosovo. The last time Lindita tried to visit was nearly a year ago. Riding in a police car under the protection of French troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force KFOR, she and her family were attacked by a gang of men who lobbed a tear-gas canister through the front window. "I froze," Lindita says of the incident. "I couldn't even move my legs. Now, we don't even try anymore...