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The Australian author John Flanagan seems to have his finger on this pulsing anxiety; it certainly explains the enormous success of his recently concluded "Ranger's Apprentice" series, in which young warriors in an alternate Viking society grow to maturity under the hard-eyed and sometimes wise-cracking guidance of adult mentors.

In Brief: Children's Books 2011

The mother is played by Lubna Azabal with hard-eyed ferocity she was also the best thing about the drearily arty HERE, my fifth film of the day.

Marshall Fine: Live From Sundance 2011: Day 2 Marshall Fine 2011

Gone is Angry Lance, the hard-eyed, hard-bitten competitor who often argued with the media and fans and cut an image of remoteness and inaccessibility.

Upbeat Armstrong 'a good bloke' in return to cycling 2009

Even if Harbaugh's hard-eyed intensity can be a little grating, it's tough to bicker with the result.

San Francisco Is Very Hard to Hate Jason Gay 2012

With her hard-eyed stares and dead-soul demeanor, there's no one meaner on TV.

Watercooler: The Best Revenge 2011

The mother is played by Lubna Azabal with hard-eyed ferocity she was also the best thing about the drearily arty HERE, my fifth film of the day.

Marshall Fine: Live From Sundance 2011: Day 2 Marshall Fine 2011

I turned, trying to send a hard-eyed stare toward the fools.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

I turned, trying to send a hard-eyed stare toward the fools.

Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

Or, the other one where bikini-clad, hard-eyed Euro-hos jump right out at you in the street, grab you by the arm, and squeal, Hiyeee!

Boing Boing 2009

Within moments, the world exploded in furious debate over 38 minutes worth of hard-eyed Baghdad gunfire and death back in 2007.

Phil Bronstein: The Wikileaks Incident: How Social Media has Changed Warfare Coverage 2010