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Founded in September to protest the conservative bent of Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 in teaching Social Analysis 10, "Principles of Economics," a class of over 900 people. The group distributed fliers in the Memorial Hall transept before "Ec 10" lectures in Sanders Theatre...
...embarrassments. Charges of campaign-financing corruption, Premier Zhu Rongji's rebuffed concessions to win WTO endorsement, NATO's assault on a sovereign Yugoslavia, the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which no Chinese citizen believes was accidental--all these add up to frightening confirmation that the U.S. is bent on "containing" China from achieving its rightful place in the world. The Cox report not only buttresses the public tilt toward tension and mutual distrust but also strengthens Beijing's own hard-liners as they call on China's leaders to get tough...
...Jackson's liberalism will be an interesting juxtaposition with the more conservative bent Alan Greenspan will present to the College at its commencement," he said...
...insult. It is not childish or poorly made, terms which could easily be leveled at hundreds of adults' movies. In fact, it's rather mature given its subject matter, and the craftsmanship is impeccable. But the elements of the story itself--a princess in distress, evil villains bent on galactic domination, space bandits and virtuous knights--these are the elements of legends and fairy tales. They are the elements of childhood...
...blow up a Death Star twice, but you better have a good reason. The first Star Wars trilogy, uneven as it might be, at least developed a story that grew and widened with each sequel. When Darth Vader bent to pick up the Emperor, taking a posture unprecedented in the previous movies, the meaningfulness of that moment rested on Vader's character development, which had been unfurled and complicated over the length of three feature films. It is this sort of meaningfulness that Star Wars: Episode I lacks. Instead of real character development, it relies on name recognition. At every...