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...Fish Tank,” written and directed by Andrea Arnold, also fits neatly into a popular indie template—the raw, documentary-like drama that usually features a supremely unfortunate lead character and the hovering threat of some vague social ailment. Arnold’s iteration follows fifteen-year-old Mia, a lonely British girl who develops a close relationship with her stepfather, who then sexually abuses her. Although this genre has often produced forgettable films, the accolades “Fish Tank” has received for its acting and writing suggest that it might be worth...
...member Zachary C. Arnold ’10 said that while funding sources for the development of the space are still uncertain, undergraduates will be working closely with the administration to determine possible funding...
Despite the uncertainty regarding funding and the garden’s specific design, Arnold said that the group hopes the garden will be planted by the end of the school year...
...playing both sides is an ancient one. Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, in his 4th century B.C. classic The Art of War, mentions double agents as a source of useful information. In 1779 infamous turncoat Benedict Arnold offered to surrender the fort at West Point to the British for 20,000. While his conspiracy was quickly discovered, that of Edward Bancroft, who spied both on and for Benjamin Franklin, didn't come to light for more than 100 years...
...Crisis Inquiry Commission, created by Congress but populated by a mix of financial experts and smarter-than-average former elected officials. In keeping with the P-heavy historical precedents, it could be known as the Phil Commission, after chairman Phil Angelides--a former California state treasurer who lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger in the state's 2006 governor's race. On the commission's first day of hearings, Angelides set a tone of civil but pointed inquisition that bodes well for its future. "It sounds to me like selling a car with faulty brakes and then buying an insurance policy...