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  • He was apparently a good enough bass player to score occasional session work with Jack Nitzsche but, really, beyond that his resume had 'Unexceptional' written all over it, in big letters.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Unexceptional high-school student and comic book geek Dave Livewski decides, without powers or training but with surprising conviction, to become the superhero Kick-Ass.

    MOVIE REVIEW: Kick-Ass (2010) 2010

  • BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Unexceptional high-school student and comic book geek Dave Livewski decides, without powers or training but with surprising conviction, to become the superhero Kick-Ass.

    April 2010 2010

  • They are accidental heroes: "Unexceptional people who took great risks not because they felt drawn to lofty causes but because they were in a position to help someone and did."

    When Risky Is Right Ruth Franklin 2012

  • When I titled my last post "Good Writers Doing Good, but Unexceptional, Things" I should have added: "Except Geoff Ryman."

    ...Except Geoff Ryman. Karen Burnham 2008

  • When I titled my last post "Good Writers Doing Good, but Unexceptional, Things" I should have added: "Except Geoff Ryman."

    Archive 2008-12-01 Karen Burnham 2008

  • Unexceptional supporting roles in unexceptional Paramount productions like Forever Female and Martin and Lewis's Money From Home garnered her a bunch of publicity shots and press releases that implied she would be the Next Big Thing.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Unexceptional supporting roles in unexceptional Paramount productions like Forever Female and Martin and Lewis's Money From Home garnered her a bunch of publicity shots and press releases that implied she would be the Next Big Thing.

    Let's Be Friendly Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Unexceptional for Iraqis, Palestinians, Irish ('Ourselves Alone'), Scots ('Whae's Like Us ?') or Zimbabweans - but for those who identify as British or English a very thin diet is provided.

    July 06, 2003 Laban 2003

  • Unexceptional for Iraqis, Palestinians, Irish ('Ourselves Alone'), Scots ('Whae's Like Us ?') or Zimbabweans - but for those who identify as British or English a very thin diet is provided.

    Archive 2003-07-06 Laban 2003

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