Naïve HD can be enriched by a resolute form of predictivism.
Hence the wonderful closeup, after the first kiss with Troy, of Bathsheba's hands held out before her, dangling, as if desire had reduced this tough and resolute figure to a doll.
Andrée was the resolute figure, and they must have trusted that he would see them through.
This season, the show has another new president -- presidents don't tend to last long on 24, what with all these constant mega-crises -- a resolute, idealistic-sounding Hillary-like figure.
His trip there, and then to the Islamic Center of Washington, on Embassy Row less than two miles from the White House, seemed part of an emerging White House strategy of trying to portray Mr. Bush as a resolute wartime leader, a compassionate father figure, and an economic strategist.
But he was also a resolute roundhead, an admirer of Oliver Cromwell, and one of Reynolds's accomplishments is to help us see how the figure of Cromwell — the common man who read his Bible, and who killed a king — haunted the period and Brown's actions.
He was a resolute goofball.
Miller is a resolute no voter.
Nesta Roberts was a resolute High Anglican.
