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Teachers' and schoolgirls' hearts are made to be broken, and An Education makes that trip too. Virtually the entire cast contributes to make it an enchanting ride. Sarsgaard, a stalwart of Amer-indie films (Kinsey, Elegy, Jarhead) who as Trigorin was also Mulligan's love interest in The Seagull, easily inhabits David, making him a creature of charm and mystery. The smaller roles are nicely filled out as well, including Cara Seymour as Jenny's quiet mother and Matthew Beard as a gauche student whose dreams of dating a precocious teen Jenny and Jack keep smashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carey Mulligan in An Education: A Star Is Born | 10/9/2009 | See Source »

Unlike in years past, the front gate to the cemetery is now chained and locked to discourage such misuse of the space; but the chain has been broken many times...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guardian of Graves Saves Burial Ground | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...were hit. I have never seen a car so destroyed." What saved Wilhite, says Bhatia, is the fact that he is a high-level athlete and that "his neck muscles were strong enough to hold his head in place even after the ligaments were completely torn away and bones broken." (Read about kids and sports injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Adenhart Tragedy, an Angels Miracle | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...look around, Wilhite must turn his upper body, not his neck. "Will he have a 100% recovery?" asks Bhatia. "No, he will never be back to where he was. It will take his body up to 12 to 18 months to heal and recover." Each one of his injuries - broken ribs, collapsed lungs, broken right shoulder blade (his throwing arm), his neck and brain - "require a lot of energy to heal. It is like having the flu, but 100 times worse," says Bhatia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Adenhart Tragedy, an Angels Miracle | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...other hand, Chicago doesn't make the cut, the city shouldn't feel too bad. For municipalities, the Olympics deliver more broken dreams than gold medals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would Getting the Olympics Be Good or Bad for Chicago? | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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