Word: waywardly
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...best sense of the word they -- and the movie -- remain wayward, unpredictable. For this, credit the blarney-proof script of Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot) and the wintry imagery and emotional firmness of the direction by Mike Newell (Enchanted April). There are no leprechauns sitting on their shoulders. Their fantasy is firmly grounded in the austere reality of modern Ireland, and that reality adds poignance to the mythic yearnings of the characters...
...golf at least once. The offenses included moving the ball to get a better lie (41% of the executives), not counting a missed tap-in (19%), taking an extra tee shot (13%), intentionally miscounting strokes (8%) and secretly producing a fresh ball while pretending to look for a wayward one in the woods (6%). Such behavior has dire implications for the nation's Better Business Bureaus, since one- third of those who confessed to cheating on the links also admitted to pulling fast ones...
...such attacks against Clinton are so acutely personal, it is because the religious right sees him not just as a political enemy but also as a wayward relative. Since the election, eight state Baptist conventions have passed resolutions condemning Clinton's stance on abortion or homosexuality or both. "It's very rare that so many conventions would direct such critical remarks directly at a President," says Greg Warner, the executive editor of the Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service. "Part of the reason is that he claims the Southern Baptist label but does not behave the way they want...
Blame it all on Mark Twain. His novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn established not only the quest theme for 20th century American literature but also the matter and manner of kids' movies. Sommers' brisk, pretty version of Huck's wayward youth gets most of Twain's words right, even if the music sounds like a TV jingle. Huck (plucky Elijah Wood) eludes his troglodyte father (Ron Perlman, doing an uncanny Tom Waits impression) for an eventful honeymoon on a raft with Nigger Jim (just plain Jim here, in a nicely balanced performance by Courtney B. Vance). Huck...
...Wayward members aside, musicians say the College offers little in way of formal support for the scene...