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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Smith maintains that the hard-knocks kids who rise up through his ranks tend to form better habits and the right mind-set than other young players who get instant playing time by virtue of draft status or pure talent.
Special team? Redskins value desire over pedigree Sally Jenkins 2010
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Evoking the hard-knocks heroes of some of his best-known films, from "My Own Private Idaho" to "Good Will Hunting," Mr. Van Sant's portraits depict tough and handsome youths with intense stares and occasional blue hair.
A Director's Own Private Watercolors Kelly Crow 2011
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Jonas has earned a hard-knocks advanced degree in alienation.
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Born into slavery in Tennessee in 1863, Hunt told fantastic tales about his hard-knocks youth.
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