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...want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, planted at the base of Manhattan island with the Statue of Liberty as their sentry, and the Pentagon, a squat, concrete fort on the banks of the Potomac, are the sanctuaries of money and power that our enemies may imagine define us. But that assumes our faith rests on what...
...will figure this all out by spring semester anyway, but it is important not to try to be a superhero in the fall. Learn your way around Cambridge and Boston, go to a Red Sox game with your roommates and learn to sail on the Charles. If you burn out first semester, you may find it difficult to regain the motivation that got you here...
...Liebling used to say, "and faster than anybody who can write better." In the film game, To is the embodiment of that maxim. He makes quality pictures in quantity. He drives himself hard and his staff nuts; 24/7 is a normal work week at Milkyway. He suffered a severe burn on his right forearm while making Fulltime Killer, but kept on shooting. His editors have stayed in the cutting room 10 days and nights straight to get a movie in theaters on time. It's all about the work ethic?and the work passion. "I'm not a good...
...picked up the TV remote to see what those restless souls watched while most of us are off in dreamland. Between reruns of comedies on Nick at Nite and endless forecasts on the Weather Channel, I was captivated by a commercial hawking supplements to "boost your metabolism and burn away the fat." Astonished by the claims, I logged on to the Internet and began investigating...
...wholesale destruction of temples and feudal beliefs, two dozen elderly women in floppy blouses and polyester pants cheerfully descend on the holy site, praying to Tianfei and the East Sea Dragon God. They shake their clasped hands in passionate devotion, bow their heads low before the celestial statues and burn copious quantities of incense. They pray that the sea won't turn on them, that their fishermen husbands won't be drowned, that their houses won't be wrecked by typhoons, that their lives will simply turn out well. "I've got four kids, and three are in college," says...