Bolitar operates inside the pages of an increasingly sophisticated series — in the ninth and latest, but assuredly not last, he and his creator depart their Eastern Seaboard comfort zone and go global for the first time.
The roaring accolades with the national team and an enchanting season playing for Sporting Kansas City in M.L.S. are the latest, but most assuredly not the final, chapters in a career that includes N.C.A.A. Division I national championships at Maryland in 2005 and 2008.
His recovery, assuredly more hard work than accident, has come late in life, but it has come.
Yet he played all 48 minutes, handled the ball assuredly against a relentless defense, scored an important one-handed jumper late in the fourth quarter and started the sequence that led to Robert Horry's launching of the game's most crucial basket, a 3-pointer that gave the Lakers a 92-86 lead with 47.2 seconds to play.
In his latest film, "Pain & Gain" — for which, Mr. Bay said assuredly, "I had a pretty good idea in my head" — it is tempting to see a quick and inexpensive response to the excess that his films are known for.
"Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," the latest bite-size series to join Adult Swim's late-night lineup, is certainly looking for an audience, but most assuredly not that one.
I have lived in cloudy places, and in truth I love them best, so while Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 may not suit all tastes (judging by the brash, hyper, migraine-inducing CG crapola in our press-screening's preceding trailers, assuredly there are other tastes), this franchise suits me very well -- this latest, penultimate installment included.
Tagliabue smiled assuredly.
Assuredly, times change".
