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...fact, they aren't so much people we see in movies as people we know. They stare at the TV, pretending fascination with a game show as a way of avoiding either a conversation that's sure to turn prickly or a long night of sullen introspection. They offer old doggerel - like Eleanor Roosevelt's "Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, today's a gift. That's why they call it the present" - as eternal wisdom. The men in Snow Angels have the appetites of the philanderers they see in movies but not the suave patter; a cheating husband...
...Clooney is apparently a rich, famous, handsome guy who is dedicated to his craft, doesn't take himself too seriously and makes those around him who aren't quite so rich, famous or handsome feel good. Wow! In this age of self-centered, ego-driven tabloid stars, it's nice to know there's someone out there to whom Paul Newman can hand the torch. Kevin Statham, Sanger, California...
...problems facing the country's higher-education system run deeper than mere demographics, however. Japan may be the world's second largest economy with a reputation for technological prowess, but its schools aren't making the grade. Critics say student bodies are stultifyingly homogeneous, teaching methods are obsolete, and there's a dearth of courses taught in English, the lingua franca of international education and commerce. "Japan's schools are third-rate by international standards," says Robert Dujarric, director of Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. In the 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement, an influential U.K.-based annual...
...brunch, he'd convinced me to chair his finance committee." She remembers warning him, "'You could lose, and if you lose, you've lost two races in a row - you're done.' And he looked at me and said, 'If I'm prepared to take that risk, aren...
...them, and it would put to rest some more extreme, legally dubious proposals being thrown around; some Florida state legislators, for instance, have even discussed a bill that would prevent the Democratic presidential nominee from having his or her name on the November ballot if the state's delegates aren't recognized...