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...living for during his time of service, and his lack of drive is evident from his fellow officers’ disdain for him. After his retirement, Dugan loses his only connection to another person, his sometime prostitute. With absolutely nothing left, Dugan finally decides to act in a final dramatic??­­—and clichéd—scene. Through his intentionally flat acting, Gere provides the lifelessness and lack of soul the character of Dugan needs, making the performance quite admirable given the limited role that Gere has to work with...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brooklyn's Finest | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...then, the Harvard varsity eight managed to grab the lead over the Huskies with 20 strokes to go and held on for a 0.7 second margin of victory. This year’s marquee matchup of two of the nation’s top-ranked teams was far less dramatic??not that the Crimson was complaining.“We do know that they like to come out and have an opportunity to take us off, and last year they did race us down to the line,” Schreck said. “This year...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Sweeps Huskies On Charles | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

...year. With its record of civil war, coups, and regime changes, the African community cannot ignore any ruler who has held power for as long as Gaddafi. Even if they tried, they would be hard-pressed to forget a self-proclaimed high king with such a flair for the dramatic??who happens to rule a country with the oil to support his tastes...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Crowning the King of Kings | 2/10/2009 | See Source »

...number of white men exceeds the number of white women at all graduate schools except in the schools of divinity, education, and public health. When asked about this trend, Russian studies professor Terry Martin said that rise in the number of women has been “quite dramatic?? in his own field. “Out of the eight Ph.D. students I work with, five of them are women,” he said, noting that when he received his doctorate in 1996, there were scarcely any female Ph.D. candidates. Likewise, Sheila Ferguson, the graduate program administrator...

Author: By Julia S Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: More Ph.D.s for Women, Minorities | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...second-set victory by angling groundstroke after groundstroke out of his opponent’s reach and hammering home a fair share of aces.Though the Crimson’s loss had been sealed, Kumar’s match at No. 1 continued in fine—often dramatic??form. Kumar and his opponent, Matko Maravic, looked to be at each other’s throats—even from across the court—after a series of disputed calls early in the first set. A heatedly contested call cost Kumar the first set tiebreaker, but energized...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michigan Outlasts Tough Crimson | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

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