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...Leave section at a brisk walk. I can feel the Coke in my veins. Great day to be alive...
Dartboard was delighted to cautiously expose sun-deprived skin this week after months of brisk New England weather. Unfortunately, while tempting the melanoma gods, Dartboard was also subjected to the perennial bellyaching of pale Harvard youth: If only we were in Southern California right now—it would be like this every...
Malcolm skews a bit older, with more roughhouse and cynicism, but Muniz's feature films are traditional anxiety fantasies for kids: Big Fat Liar put some brisk wit into its boy-who-cried-wolf plot; Cody Banks is a wan recycling of Spy Kids with a 007 fixation. The Bynes and Duff movie vehicles are more nakedly retro. What a Girl Wants is based on the '50s Sandra Dee bauble The Reluctant Debutante, while The Lizzie McGuire Movie could be Gidget Goes to Rome with an updated pop score. Both put their budding stars in glamorous foreign capitals (London...
Whether it is the lumbering siege of a military complex or the brisk advance of a convoy through the desert, these uncut broadcasts are the most compelling when they show the tedium of war. All the networks carried live footage of the Third Infantry’s advance up the Iraqi highway on the first day of the conflict, even though it was no more captivating than watching rush hour traffic. But I stayed tuned because I wanted to see where the rubber meets the road, where the high drama of politics and war is translated into action...
Nevertheless, a brisk wind forced volunteers to wear scarves and winter coats...