But the Gold Coast can also surprise even the most dedicated beach snob with its sea hazed dunes, warm waves and soft, clean sand.

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The capper: At my going-away party, one tool-room engineer--a guy who had hazed me hard in the beginning--asked if I wouldn't mind talking to his son about going to college.

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The hero, Swofford himself (Jake Gyllenhaal), gets pounded by officers, first by a drill instructor and then by the sergeant (Jamie Foxx) who heads his special Marine unit, and hazed by his buddies.

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