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...spend an extra $200,000 to film a new ending, and within days Marshall secured locations and flew Damon from Lake Como for a reshoot. "As much as I adore Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass, it was Frank who I could look at and say, 'Can you really accomplish this?'" says Snider. The movie tested 10 points higher with the new ending and made $176 million at the box office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood's Power Couple | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...Graduate School of Education. Darnton’s speech, “Old Books and E-Books,” came at a semesterly meeting of Harvard library personnel. In an interview before the event, Darnton said that the title of his speech evoked what he hoped to accomplish in his tenure as the University’s head librarian. “I want to continue to strengthen Harvard’s fabulous collections in old printed material,” Darnton said, “but at the same time I want to help Harvard move into...

Author: By Angela A. Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Library Director Calls for E-Scholarship | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...wear blue hats, they must be execute.”) It was how concerned everyone seemed. Eric and his cohorts stayed for the full two hours debating with the man on the stepladder. I asked the man holding the less-offensive sign (John 14:6) what they hoped to accomplish by talking to a crowd of inebriated people in costume. “We’re shining the light of the Lord into this dark place,” he explained. When I asked Eric why he stayed and debated, he shrugged: “They caught me having...

Author: By Alexandra A. Petri | Title: Fearing and Trembling | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...million per year. The proposal would thus provide ample revenue for plugging the state’s holes—beginning with the high property tax. Patrick ran for governor on a platform of reducing this squeeze on homeowners, and we are heartened to see a concrete plan to accomplish that promise. As Patrick has pointed out, the funds can also go toward fixing the Commonwealth’s infrastructure problems—not least of which is the Big Dig. Bay Staters deserve to have safe roads and tunnels without having their taxes raised even further. Indeed, the plight...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Commonwealth’s Best Bet | 10/28/2007 | See Source »

...than invite people to Annapolis for a photo op," she said Monday in Ramallah. Yet the nature of some of her meetings and the content of some of her statements hint at the serious limitations on what she - and those in the Bush Administration who support her efforts - can accomplish. Rice may insist that "Israelis and Palestinians are making their most serious effort in years to resolve the conflict," but dynamics on the ground continue to suggest otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rice's Peace Mission: Prospects Grim | 10/16/2007 | See Source »

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