Word: browed
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Anyway, danger lies in the influence that the XFL could have on other sports bodies. Once fans latch on to the XFL, the traditional leagues may respond with changes of their own and blur of the line between sport and lower-brow forms of entertainment even more...
...afternoon as I read faxes, kept an eye on the websites and waited (as all newspaper reporters must) for vital phone calls to be returned. The courier had swaggered in here, out of breath--not much older than me, I figured. The look of him wiping sweat from his brow as he left the office stayed with...
...exactly the picker-upper this macho-movie summer needs. It's a parable of plucky sisterhood: hens who endure life's drab defeats while hoping for a break. The film is funny and touching and beautifully understated; its characters earn big laughs with the subtlest wrinkle of a brow, sobs with a stifled sigh. In a season of nine-figure budgets, the movie was made for chicken feed ($42 million). It also boasts an accent that is defiantly English--Yorkshire, even--with a dash of Yank bravado from visiting star Mel Gibson...
...Upon reaching the fourth floor, Bob ran ahead to orchestrate a massive cheer in honor of Conor—the low-brow candidate for chair of MACR, whose only competition was a Harvardian—as we entered. Our arrival invited some hissing too. Hostility hung heavy in the air. What a fantastic way to start an evening...
...though only a handful. To date, no blacks, Hispanics or Asians have joined. But, says Deland, “It isn’t elitist. It’s just a group of like-minded people. I don’t see it as a snobby or high brow organization...