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...said. “Everybody makes movies in a different way, and I’d rather have it be as dense as it could be.”COLLECTIVE CINEMAThe director moves in a pack. Both Coppola and Schwartzman traveled with him across India to do background work for “Darjeeling.” And if Anderson can’t always make his films in a group, then he at least makes them with a group.Bill Murray has appeared in four out of five of Anderson’s major releases...
...immigrants). Expect that diversity to grow: As television helps fuel rugby's popularity from the ground up, a rising number of the nation's best players will emerge from more modest milieus than Eton, Harrow and the school that gave the game its name, as kids from all social background embrace a game that "looks like...
...cheap,” says Chen, laughing. As Chen hustles through the Goodwill, dodging a rather large woman trying on a kelly-green floor-length coat, she proves herself to be thrifty indeed. After discarding heaps of clothing, oblivious to an errant customer singing in the background, Chen finally settles (after some heckling with the Goodwill cashiers) on a sheer white nightgown, a gold and black sweater-vest, two white table runners, two grey T-shirts, a black sweater with gold buttons, and a black lace cami. Back in Adams two hours later, Chen is all business, cutting up everything...
...certainly to find somebody during this academic year.” The advisory committee is made up of recent Radcliffe fellows and professors from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Education, and Harvard Law School. Of the 12, three committee members have a background in the natural sciences—Naomi E. Pierce, the Hessel professor of biology; Stuart M. Shieber ’81, the Welch professor of computer science; and Hyman, a professor of neurobiology. The other committee members include Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History Vincent Brown, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature...
...Kevin Shee ’10, director of the HIMG Harvard Gaming Initiative. The software giant provided prizes, some gaming equipment, and even plastic drinking cups. “We’re here to try to create a gaming environment in which anyone, no matter what video game background one comes from, will have a good time and have fun,” said Shee, who was also declared the tournament winner and awarded $400. The event offered unorganized gameplay all throughout the night. Five projector screens offered Halo 3 and a fifth screen offered the music video game...