Word: wanly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...EMPIRE FALLS Forty-year-old Miles Roby seems to be one of life's born losers. Or are his problems self-made? He manages a decrepit restaurant in the dying Maine burg of Empire Falls--the place he was born and feels helpless to leave--in the wan hope of inheriting it from the widow who owns it. The limited social circles available condemn him to repeated and unpleasant meetings with his ex-wife's obnoxious boyfriend. He has lost parental control of his bright but troubled teenage daughter. Why doesn't he pack up and start somewhere...
...finished scenes and completed them especially for the DVD version. The “behind the scenes” documentary is fairly disappointing, comprised of bland behind the scenes footage and painfully earnest testimonials; thankfully, Ewan MacGregor breaks up the monotony by gushing over his chance to become Obi-Wan Kenobi. A 12-part documentary originally featured on the web works with mini “featurettes” concerning costumes, fight sequences and design to fashion a wholly engrossing record of the process of crafting Episode I, even if the film itself did disappoint...
...Harvard final, the combination of Snyder and Riddell, playing together for the first time in competition, captured the doubles championship on Monday by defeating teammates sophomore Chris Chiou and freshman Brian Wan...
Chiou and Wan entered the finals having defeated the Rutgers duo of Brook Demming and Kevin Beilin in a come-from-behind 9-7 victory...
...match started with the three doubles contests. Yale’s Andrew Rosenfeld and David Goldman struck first, defeating Chris Chiou and Brian Wan, 8-6, at No. 3 doubles. Harvard co-captain William Lee and sophomore Mark Riddell, playing at No. 2 doubles, edged out Chris Shackleton and Ryan Coyle, 8-6 to tie things...