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By the sixth form, he had gone from a quiet studious boy to a popular outgoing young man, known among friends as the life and soul of a party.
BBC: Obituary: Philip Russell
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Malcolm, who achieved fame in the early sixties as a compelling spokesman for the black-pride philosophy of the Nation of Islam, is an unlikely hero for a big-studio prestige picture: he begins as a predatory street criminal, becomes a studious Muslim ascetic, and fulfills himself as a scourge.
NEWYORKER: Malcolm X
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With him are a studious but sultry librarian (Rachel Weisz) and her dim but cowardly brother (John Hannah).
NEWYORKER: The Mummy
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By Masai standards, Mr Kinyago's is a studious family: only 35% of the children of Kenyan pastoralists attend classes.
ECONOMIST: Why the Masai send their slower children to school
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Mr. Holmes found a crew of studious students living on his hall that appeared a good fit for him his freshman year of college in the honors dorm Pentland Hills at UC Riverside, one hall mate recalled.
WSJ: Shooting Suspect's Behavior Provided Few Clues
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The place is provincial England, the time is the nineteen-eighties, and the hero is Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner), a shy and studious boy who lives with his mother among the Plymouth Brethren, a religious sect.
NEWYORKER: Son of Rambow
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They are the culmination of years of studious review of human nature spurred by the need to provide freedom to a stained world and at the same time maintain order.
FORBES: Readers Say
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The day after the Budget is traditionally when studious journalists look for hidden bombs in the many documents released alongside the Budget, which they didn't get a chance to read.
BBC: Borrowing: is it up or is it down?