Word: aptly
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...apt adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is bound to have a gravity about the awful task at hand. Jackson's film has that, but it is also a buoyant experience because the characters are lively and engaging--each actor (especially Wood as Frodo and McKellen as the wizard Gandalf) magically fitting his role--and because the production team put such skill and joy into designing a movie Middle Earth. The landscapes, a cunning mixture of computer images and real New Zealand, bestow a distinct and beguiling personality on each realm...
...which had moved considerably in Arafat's direction in recent years, has made it clear it is no longer interested in trying to cool the Israelis' blood. The Israelis swore they weren't actually going to kill Arafat, but they were threatening him with something he's apt to dread as much: irrelevance. With the U.S. behind Israel, the threat was real, more real than any other Arafat has faced since his triumphant return home from exile in 1994, following the historic Oslo peace accords. Says a U.S. official: "We are now trying to create a moment of truth...
...armed guards aren't shooting each other. Those of commander Hazrat Ali are. He says two families in his militia used their Kalashnikovs to settle a long-standing feud. Two people died. "This is Afghanistan," he explains. "It had nothing to do with the government." It's an apt summary of the depth of the nation's problems...
...show is presented, the sonnet that inspires each play is previewed via an overhead projector. Though the sonnet is visible long enough to be read, not enough time is allowed to soak it in and appreciate how it relates to the other sonnets. This is an apt metaphor for the play, which is often captivating, but never quite comes together. One leaves the theater entertained but yearning for greater connection...
...rewards of knowing students better come in many guises for these professors. In this month’s issue of The Atlantic, Weatherhead III University Professor Samuel P. Huntington discussed how his interactions with undergraduates are so rewarding because undergraduates tend to be more apt to challenge the professor than graduate students who are more respectful of academic norms. Travers said that his interactions have helped him to reconsider subjects outside of his traditional focus of British imperial history. Through his weekly lunches he has with undergraduates in his 40-person lecture class and his interactions with his freshman seminar...