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...There's a depth and intelligence in his gaze that translates across both the big and small screen. Moore, as Mia, is convincingly abrasive and acerbic, even though the source of her anger remains a mystery. Hope Davis' Margaret brings a refreshingly clear-eyed, unselfconscious good humor that helps brighten the glumness of her surroundings, while Scheider's craggy Lincoln-like profile retains an impassive air that makes his rare moments of shame and discomfort all the more poignant. But all these praiseworthy efforts just leave one wishing that these actors had more to work with...
Hopefully for the Crimson, the tide will change and things will brighten. Then again, after a 11-10 loss to MIT, things can't get much worse. HARVARD...
...rescue: The Crimson's second, semiannual compilation of "Eleven Electives" to brighten your day and guide the way to a winning semester...
...trouble coping with conciliation. Working hard to be charming, Newt Gingrich ends up making his loyalists loathe him more. "There's no interest in politics right now because there's no conflict," former Clinton strategist James Carville complained to the New Yorker last week. "Democracy demands conflict." Washington politicos brighten visibly only when asked about the likelihood of new brawls breaking out. They promise "big fights." They can't wait to start slugging...
IMAGE BUILDERS The third tier contains the most companies, and they number in the hundreds, and possibly thousands, of firms. This is the level of pure-cause marketing, where a company is apt to adopt a cause as a way to brighten its own corporate image. For example, insurance giant Prudential, battered by years of negative publicity surrounding its agents' sales practices, last year began sponsoring a national youth-volunteerism campaign. Spokesman Robert DeFillippo acknowledges that the campaign is helping rebuild Prudential's image. But "you can't tie them directly," he says. "We're 120 years old and have...