Word: alma
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...emphasized that the graduates' letter should not be taken as a harsh criticism but as a suggestion for their alma mater...
...them once did out of envy and hostility, that if each of the 1.2 billion residents in the People's Republic of China (PRC) spit into the Taiwan Strait, the island of Taiwan would be submerged. Infuriated by Taiwan President Lee Tung-hui's successful odyssey back to his alma mater. Cornell, communist leaders in the PRC conducted two missile tests in the summer and have launched endless verbal attacks in media. In fact, some outside observers believe them to be warning Chiang Kai-shek's heirs not to play with fire, unless they would feel comfortable swimming...
Kaveney, who graduated from Northeastern University last year, said that he came for a good time rather than for the sporting event, although he was hoping that his alma mater would do well...
...problem, and also the cleverness of the film, is that every character has a Doppelganger, further blurring the real and surreal, often beyond distinction. The barons and baronesses Johan encounters appear to him sometimes as they are and other times as he merely imagines them. Only after Alma tells the camera that she herself began seeing their neighbors through his dark lens do we realize Johan has been fantasizing about them all along...
...consistency, even Bergman's themes have Doppelgangers. The paranoid artist could be Bergman himself or it could be any artist. Johan might be skirting high society out of fear of sexual humiliation or from feelings of freakishness. His mania might derive more from sexual dissatisfaction with the rather homely Alma than from any frustration with the way his neighbors' treat him. Johan obviously suffers his insanity so we feel compassion for him, but his moods make him too unpleasant to be truly sympathetic...