Word: spars
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...Salinger-like recluse author William Forrester (Sean Connery) and the 16-year-old Jamal Wallace (newcomer Rob Brown), already a fine writer himself with basketball skills to match. It takes some time, of course, for their relationship to progress through the steps of the student-mentor story formula: they spar at first, but gradually grow more comfortable with each other, talking, writing and dishing out pseudo-profound remarks that are far less interesting than the screenwriter must have thought. More than anything, their friendship appears to be based on simply spending time together, yammering about this and that without actually...
...Jana Howland's costume design evokes the complexity of period dress through relatively simple outfits, which seem credible but not overwrought. In the present-day scenes, academics Hannah Jarvis (Megan Robertson '04), the quiet, shrewd, studious scholar, and Bernard Nightingale (John Arnold, a professional), the arrogant, flamboyant publicity-monger, spar with each other in even more perfectly chosen accoutrements. Jarvis wears flats and a baggy sweater, Nightingale a tailored three-piece suit and elaborate facial hair. The production's selection of properties, which range from a brace of hunting pistols in the past to a humorously situated liter of Tanqueray...
Regarding your piece, "Current, RNC Spar Over 'Liar' Article," (News, Oct. 20) I just wanted to reiterate that Dan Levine took all necessary measures to provide an accurate account of the incident of the Sheridan School's field trip to the Republican National Committee (RNC). Remember that he qualified his article by mentioning that Rebecca King could not be reached for comment...
...hour before this year's presidential candidates would meet to spar over the issue of political ads, among other things, two pundits met to analyze the surfeit of ads that have bombarded the public in recent months...
...their arms and legs--many kids sign on for the unique intellectual challenge. It's not unusual for a skinny kid to beat a beefy hulk. Alyson McCormick, whose son Sam, 11, trains at Metropolis Fencing, a school in New York City, recalls fretting when Sam was about to spar with a burlier opponent. "But he said, 'Don't worry, Mom. He does the same thing every time. I know what I need to do,'" she recalls. After losing the first few points, Sam figured out how to adjust his game to win. As well as a confidence booster...