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...from over. University presidents, more than anyone, have a special responsibility to think deeply about how best to prepare their students to advance in a prejudiced world. I hope that an important criterion in selecting Harvard’s next president will be sensitivity to this issue. BEN A. BARRES Stanford, Calif. March 1, 2006 The writer is professor of neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine...
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...Ben: It is impossible to dissociate “Munich” with the U.S. thanks to the closing shot of the Twin Towers. I admit that I am completely perplexed as to what happened with “Munich.” Spielberg’s previously Academy-ignored flirtations with controversy also include “Amistad” (I’m still trying to figure out how the “Full Monty” director got nominated above Steven) and, yes, “The Color Purple.” But I optimistically assumed...
...Ben: Somehow, I doubt that the Academy is interested in avoiding controversy in this category. They’ve chosen euthanasia-friendly fare two years in a row, with 2004’s “The Sea Inside” and 2003’s “The Barbarian Invasions.” But I think they will turn down “Paradise Now” in favor of South Africa’s “Tsotsi,” which has just enough exotic feel-goodery to make voters feel pleased with themselves...
...Ben: Hopefully the same attitude won’t prevail in the Best Documentary category, where the current favorites are those pesky penguins. If all the voters carefully watch the nominees, they will undoubtedly conclude that the byzantine tale of Nile perch and encroaching globalization in “Darwin’s Nightmare”—the best film...