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...which came out of beta in March, is a gorgeous piece of interface design laid over a technically very sweet video player. The offerings are eclectic but compelling: a handful of current shows (The Office, The Simpsons, 30 Rock), a larger handful of "classic"--i.e., old and canceled--shows (Adam-12? Alfred Hitchcock Presents? Airwolf?) and a random, sometimes startling collection of movies (Point Break! The Big Lebowski! End of Days!). No wonder Hulu has reportedly already sold its entire advertising inventory. It's depressing to live in a world in which huge, faceless corporations can do something right...
ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN ’01 Washington, D.C. ADAM A. SOFEN ’01 New York, N.Y. April...
Listen to Adam Green’s latest album “Sixes & Sevens” and you’ll spend 48 minutes inside the head of an intelligent rambler with a penchant for rhyming and a short attention span. With his tongue lodged firmly in his cheek, Green’s latest effort is neither earth-shattering nor disappointing. Green, whose career plodded steadily forward after he entered the anti-folk scene in 1998, has recently garnered a lot of face time because of his appearance on the “Juno” soundtrack with former Moldy...
...concentration in Urban Studies, to become her adviser.“Many professors in grad schools do not take you seriously.” she says. “I was really lucky.” JUMPING THROUGH HOOPSMost applicants, however, don’t have it so easy. Adam R. Singerman ’08, a special concentrator in Linguistics and the Languages of the Americas, knocked on several doors to find his sponsor and future adviser, archaeology professor Gary Urton. Similarly, Alison H. Rich ’09, a special concentrator in Dramatic Arts, found prospective advisers busy...
...same dramatic topography inspired the 18th century economist Adam Smith, a hero of Brown's and a fellow alumnus of the local high school in Kirkcaldy, to think about the virtues of global trade. The ships Smith watched on the Firth of Forth, Brown says, carried both goods and people - Scottish emigrants leaving for the New World. "All the songs of Scotland are sad songs," Brown says, in a two-hour interview with TIME. "They're songs of departure about people who will never see each other again because they've gone to America." Brown, who is making a trip...