Word: wrenchingly
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...either acute, personal (melo)dramas or “idea” films that tackle supposedly weighty and relevant subject matters. Unfortunately, there is nothing personally touching to Paxton or particularly universal about the “religiously-motivated-murderous-sociopath” genre. Paxton does defy convention and wrench hearts with his portrayal of children. His work with the young O’Leary is commendable, but his frailty perhaps lies in choosing which yarn and how long to spin...
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...decision of Council Vice President Sujean S. Lee ’03 to run for president throws a wrench in the plans of Council Treasurer Anne M. Fernandez ’03, who had been planning a presidential bid with council Finance Committee Chair Trisha S. Dasgupta ’03 as her running mate...
...events portrayed on stage may be hard to swallow for anyone who has not known strict, all-male, boarding school life, but the quality of the drama is extraordinarily high, and Steve Cosson, directing from a script by Peter Morris, achieves moments of intense emotion that wrench audiences in the theater and leave them with provocative images that linger. In the most shattering scene, a school boy stands stark naked on a chair with his neck in a noose, his body shaking violently with fear...
...problems with a paragraph, she is quick to recommend that people in real trouble get professional help. While other columnists sometimes sound as if they're writing from a high perch, Hax says her takes come from accepting her own flaws and embarrassments. When she snaps at readers to wrench their heads out of their navels, it's because she knows how self-absorbed she can be. Asked what shocks her most in her letters, she lists "the things that people do to each other, the amount of pain that people can tolerate, the amount of kindness they can show...