Word: valiant
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...Director Park, best known to DVD connoisseurs for his Vengeance trilogy, is a past master of emotional violence, and Thirst is his richest, craziest, most mature work yet. He gets valiant work from Song, a top Korean star whose trademark stolidity is a suitable vessel for Father Hyun's stoic battle against the impulses that have invaded his system. But it's the lovely Kim, just 22, who is the revelation here. She can play - no, she can be - a creature of mute docility, then searching ardor, then explosive eroticism, then murderous intent. She is Lady Chatterley and Lady Macbeth...
...World War II, germans trekked west to surrender to Americans rather than to Russians, believing they would be treated humanely. Instead of torturing them, we offered them the Marshall Plan, a shining moment in U.S. history. I hate to see the honor of those valiant Americans squandered in CIA torture chambers. Mike Burch, Nashville
...World War II, Germans trekked west to surrender to Americans rather than to Russians, believing they would be treated humanely. Instead of torturing them, we offered them the Marshall Plan, a shining moment in U.S. history. I hate to see the honor of those valiant Americans squandered in CIA torture chambers. Mike Burch, NASHVILLE...
...those of you who were too absorbed in studying for finals to notice that your more valiant Housemates were fighting in a war, Turf was the online, campus-wide Risk tournament that was staged by the CEB for the past two years...
...working on my 1,000,000th response paper as we speak. What do you think? And you know what the worst part of all of this is? As hard as I may try to scare the little ones away, somehow they (almost) always make their valiant return come fall: ready to embark on a year of Domna’s swipes, all proudly donning their class t-shirts. Maybe I’m just bitter I never got mine...