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Tom Hanks' efforts to submerge his moody-wise-guy personality dovetails movingly with his character's struggle to keep his humanity in check.
A few weeks back I was reminiscing about the old Hanks with Pauline Kael.
If one is fortunate enough to carry one of those Italian names beginning with Bon- or Buon(buono good), for example, one's value is announced to all the world: the parents of Michelangelo Buonarroti (arrota `gain,' from arrogare `to acquire'; the compound, say Hanks and Hodges, was originally bestowed when parents welcomed the birth of a child) probably were not surprised that he turned out so well, although they might have had even higher hopes for his little brother, Buonarroto Buonarroti .
Can Tom Hanks be far behind?
Hanks and Hodges list no fewer than 90 Italian surname forms of Giacobo (Jacob) , for instance, and a further 76 variations of Giacomo (James) , itself a New Testament derivative of Giacobo .