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...breed entirely. Rolled out to great acclaim at the Detroit Auto Show last week, this luxury sportmobile may not exactly be elegant. But not since I drove the limited production BMW Z8 roadster last summer have I been behind the wheel of a car that prompted so many oohs and ahs, and not a few Wows - including one from yours truly when I punched it on the FDR drive just minutes later...
...least I could do was to say sorry to my friend, that I could not be there to help her." The cinematic note of apology probably hasn?t reached Dyina - that letter was the last Pazira received from her - but Kandahar has wowed the movie world, winning critical acclaim and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at Cannes this year. More importantly to Pazira, the film has contributed to the understanding of the Afghan predicament. Says she: "Here?s my chance to say something about my country when I?ve been criticizing and complaining that nobody was doing anything about...
Egan’s first novel, The Invisible Circus (1995), received critical acclaim and was recently made into a film starring Cameron Diaz and Jordana Brewster. Look At Me, her second novel, is the product of more than five years of work. As a contributor to publications such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker and Harper’s, Egan has written frequently on issues of image, identity and technology. Much of the research for these articles handily doubled as research for the novel...
Beyond the classroom, Wiley’s research in structural biology has won him international acclaim. He and Higgins Professsor of Biochemistry Jack L. Strominger ’46 won the prestigious Japan Prize in 1999 and the Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards in 1995 for progress in understanding the human immune system...
...INXS and Silverchair but a total no-show when it comes to mind-blowing dance music. Last week’s domestic release of Since I Left You, one of the year’s finest records for sure, was practically invisible, considering the boatloads of critical hype and acclaim this sextet have been enjoying since the album first debuted a year ago. The Avalanches’ sound is uncompromising but utterly accessible, pure dance music that trainspotters, indie rockers and hip-hop heads can enjoy on the same level. With the group’s sheer ingenuity and universal...