Word: boyishness
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...only. He doesn't really want to go looking things up. The whole thing is very surreal to Harry. He copes in a very different way from Hermione--he's sort of sink-or-swim, I'll just deal with it minute to minute, which is possibly a more boyish way of coping, rather than go over and over all the angles, as I think a lot of young girls...
...19th-century scenes seem less even. Particularly in Guest's case, the performances are less subtle than perhaps they should be, less evocative of the dry British wit that the other half of the cast masters more handily. Guest's reading of Hodge is troublesome: His Hodge is too boyish, too adolescent. This approach to the character succeeds during Hodge's exchanges with his young pupil, with whom he gradually falls in love. It is touching to see Hodge become awkward and fumble for words as he is increasingly undone by his teenage student. But Guest seems to neglect that...
Experts say adults can help allay boyish fears by explaining that girls naturally mature faster. "Boys have to be made to feel O.K. about their development and their bodies," Thompson says. "They shouldn't be shamed for being immature." If people come to believe that boys will never grow up, he adds, "that prophecy will be fulfilled...
...work off of the fun of Chan's trademark kick-ass fighting style, humorous personality and magnetic charisma. Chan is having a grand old time playing a character who is half his real age and whose father is probably younger than he is; yet his characteristic grin emanates with boyish appeal and ingenuous complacency...
...some minor changes in federal law, Bush claims that the stricter enforcement of current laws would reduce gun violence without any further infringement on the American people's basic freedom to own firearms. (An American flag flaps in the background, the national anthem swells and Bush smiles with boyish charm for the cameras...