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...comes closer to knocking you off your seat, and you can feel every fall. Part of what makes the Spider-Man movie franchise so endearing is its sentimentality. You like Peter Parker, and you sympathize with him. When his Aunt May gives him loving advice, when he makes a bonehead remark to Mary Jane, you wince and wish he’d take it back. But when Venom begins to consume him, his good boy image quickly transforms into that of an arrogant, disaffected teen—complete with emo hair. The movie suffers from a few weak elements that...

Author: By John D. Selig, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spider-Man 3 | 5/2/2007 | See Source »

...them, legendary underground bard Ivan Martin Jirous, also known as Magor (loosely translated as dimwit or bonehead), thunders that he will eliminate a communist prison warder who now sits in parliament, but whom once-jailed dissidents remember for, among other things, forcing them to lick a toilet bowl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For a Night, Dissidents Rekindle Their Fire | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...shovefest when they quarreled.More recently, the political hardcore group Born Against’s indignation over NYC brocore band Sick of It All’s label-enforced censorship led to an hour-long radio debate. In a polarization that haunts hardcore to this day, SOIA came across as bonehead sell-outs, and Born Against as self-righteous aesthetes.But feuds rarely reach such lofty abstractions, centering more often on clothing styles and record sales. Most hilariously, the dude from Fall Out Boy ridiculed the singer of the Killers for wearing too much makeup. Emo boy, methinks thou dost protest...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rock Rivalries Beef Up Music Business | 2/23/2006 | See Source »

...moment, let’s forget about Friday’s 6-4 loss to Vermont, a nightmare of special teams shortcomings and bonehead penalties. Saturday night is worth savoring. The Crimson played aggressive, mistake-free hockey, from start to finish, against a quality opponent for the first time all year, ending Dartmouth’s six-game unbeaten streak with a 4-0 shutout...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: JONNIE ON THE SPOT: Harvard Set To Make Playoff Run | 3/1/2004 | See Source »

...December 1980, a week before Christmas, Westport, Connecticut. Paul Newman, known to his friends as ol' PL or Calezzo de Wesso (Bonehead), had asked his buddy A.E. Hotchner (Hotch), sometimes called Sawtooth, to help him with a Christmas project that he was assembling in this basement, which wasn't a basement in the usual sense. There were crusty stones, a dirt floor, crumbling cement, and overhead timbers covered with active cobwebs. Also three long since vacated horse stalls, but the unmistakable aroma of horses remained. A very picturesque place in which to mix salad dressing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

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