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...Eucharist, or a child before its mother. Love is a sacrament of which neither man is worthy. Henrik and Tomas are really complementary halves of one weak man: the Bergman man. Henrik tastes the truth as if it were a bitter plum, and the corners of his mouth tighten in rage and impotence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cries and Whispers | 1/25/1999 | See Source »

...being hyper-credulous simps. His first two tactics for system-beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocations, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/15/1999 | See Source »

...very, very sad situation," Reardonsaid. But a change in policy to tighten theUniversity's control over the clubs would result,Reardon said, "in 160 little wars...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Club Considers Suit Against Officer | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...knows that we have been pleased at the killing of American soldiers. This was achieved by the grace of God and the efforts of the mujahedin from among the Somali brothers and other Arab mujahedin who had been in Afghanistan before that. America has been trying ever since to tighten its economic blockade against us and to arrest me. It has failed. This blockade does not hurt us much. We expect to be rewarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Osama bin Laden: Conversation With Terror | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

...tighten up and panic," Delaney-Smithsaid. "We made poor decisions with the ball. Welet their press bother us. If I knew why thathappened, I would prevent...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Basketball Bitten by Bulldogs | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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