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Plenty of the John Woo stamp remains despite restrictions, however. Woo's most recurrent touch is the arcing closeup. Tight shots on the face, directing attention to the eyes, do not hold still, but arc around the head. The meditative, emotional effect is powerful and highly unusual for an action film...
...Humanities "arc" will stretch from Boylston Hall to the Sackler Museum. Construction on the new Humanities Center is expected to be completed by the fall...
...impossible for people to peg her with a permanent caricature. First came the Republican version of a sharp-elbowed, pointy-headed wife determined to play out her ambition through her husband's campaign for the White House; then came Hillary as a cross between Betty Crocker and Joan of Arc, a cathartic role model for women who need to believe that someone can effortlessly combine marriage, children and career...
...TITLE: ARC...
...incremental steps in the movement of the 20 or so lithospheric plates that make up the planet's crust. It takes about 50,000 major jolts to nudge a plate 100 miles. Eldridge Moores, the geologist who guides McPhee, believes California was formed when a 2,000- mile-long arc of land parked against North America 250 million years...