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...taking advantage of his talented cast and presenting a consistently comfortable atmosphere throughout the film. Coupland’s script layers clever dialogue and amusing plot details on top of the tired premise of a premature mid-life crisis. Ryan’s specific circumstances are odd enough to catch attention, but not so outlandish as to obscure the message behind his quest for satisfaction from personal and professional pursuits. The style of the script conforms to the accepted indie formula of anti-establishment themes that focus on the vices of materialism and the corporate ethos—couching criticism...

Author: By Eric M. Sefton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Everything's Gone Green | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

Private screeners may have failed to catch the 9/11 hijackers, but there’s no reason to believe that TSA employees would have done a better job. Market incentives wouldn’t make procedures perfect—screenings will still be somewhat humiliating and abusive—but, as a whole, private airport security would be more effective, efficient, and risk-based...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: If No One Flies, No One Dies | 4/20/2007 | See Source »

...Well, when I plagiarize, I try to make it from sources that are so obscure that no one will ever catch...

Author: By Kimberly E. Gittleson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FM Roundtable: Writing to Live | 4/18/2007 | See Source »

Sports fans, too, have discovered the next generation of radio. We as college students often find ourselves far out of the range of catching the broadcast of our favorite team at home. We can usually catch the game on satellite, however. That’s something that shouldn’t be taken lightly—in a world of constant interstate travel, broadcast radio just isn’t enough...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn | Title: Low-Frequency Issues | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

Grant W. Dasher ’09, president of the Harvard Computing Society, a student group that previously contemplated building a similar portal, expressed doubts about CrimsonConnect’s prospects for success because other “campus calendar sites” had failed to catch...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Portal Goes Live | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

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