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...than taking the traditional romantic comedy route, Remember Me is all about the melodrama. Instead of having the usual Manhattan magazine or fashion jobs, Tyler and his girl Ally (Lost's Emilie de Ravin) are college kids mired in misfortune. They are just 21 but have been through the wringer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remember Me: Young Love, Hold the Vampires | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...played a lot of great teams this semester and I feel like we’ve been put through the wringer,” Chijoff-Evans said. “We’ve seen what true college tennis is like and we’re going to be tough as nails going into ECAC play. Having a 1-2 record against better opposition is better than a 5-0 record against mediocre teams...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Earns First Win, Drops Pair | 2/1/2010 | See Source »

...important, people have been critical of the spectacle of people fighting so blatantly over a child. Brazilians cannot understand why David Goldman did not visit his son for several years. But they also have trouble sympathizing with a family that is putting a 9-year old through an emotional wringer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for Sean Goldman: The View from Brazil | 12/19/2009 | See Source »

...Allies after the war] were unfair. He captured the mood of Germany very well. He presided over the economic miracle during the Weimar years, which was built on a lot of borrowed money. In 1930, when it was clear that Germany was going to go through the wringer, he resigned. Many people believe he realized Germany was doomed and that he did not want to be blamed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Lessons from the Great Depression | 1/6/2009 | See Source »

...Minghella does his 12 takes and calls lunch. When the actors and crew assemble again for the afternoon, I decline an offer to accompany them and slink off to a trailer. I can't take any another trip through this emotional wringer. I need to cheer up. Thankfully, next week's assignment is Somalia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Funeral Is Fake, But the Tears Are Real | 8/20/2007 | See Source »

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