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What we have here is the makings of a not unfamiliar western narrative, some elements of which (the captive innocents, the scout who owes his skills to his intimacy with the natives) can be traced back to James Fenimore Cooper and beyond. What sets The Missing apart is a potent mystical element. The raiders are led by an unrelievedly evil shaman called Chidin (Eric Schweig), who can throw a handful of dirt in a man's face and permanently blind him or send a dark thought across the miles and bring a woman near to death. He brings out Jones...
...will be wrestling one weight class higher than when he left, at 197 lbs. instead of 184 lbs. However, this is not unfamiliar territory for him—he spent much of his freshman and sophomore seasons at the heavier weight...
...there, you take the T to Central Square, walk up Mass. Ave. a few blocks, then remember, no, I’m going completely the wrong way, turn around, walk back, veer left, think, this looks totally unfamiliar, reverse course, go right, cruise up a few more blocks, turn left again, realize the street is again wrong, head back to Mass. Ave., finally find Pearl Street on your left, follow it to the corner of Green Street and at long last, through a tiny door, reach your target...
...nicer than sitting in a Florentine café or Beijing teahouse, with postcards fanned in front of you to craft elegant missives to loved ones. But the attractions of sending your wish-you-were-heres digitally are harder to resist. Why queue in a dingy post office, fumble with unfamiliar coins and try to buy stamps in a language you don't speak, when you can just use your phone to take a picture of the Acropolis or the Kremlin and fire it off to anyone you like? If you don't have a phone with a built-in camera...
...Craig seemed more confident that Nechtem—who is typically a midfielder, but played admirably at the unfamiliar position in Harvard’s most recent contest against the Tigers—will get the starting nod from Kerr...