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...that the plot is complicated is a severe understatment. Refusing to cater to the audience's lowest common denominator, The Two Jakes forces the viewer to pay very close attention while the plot unfolds onscreen. Towne returns to his former scripting glory (with a little bit of help from Nicholson) after sinking to an all-time low with the recently released Days of Thunder. The Two Jakes is a great detective story, with all the clues, (intelligent) action, and philosophical narrative voice overs that accompanies the best in the genre. But more than that, the film is about persons...
...this point, Souter notes, the two theoriescontradict other, although on much narrowergrounds than other critics had thought. UnderHolmes' conception, a law need only further theinterests of the strongest group, not themajority. Natural law theorists, meanwhile,maintain that a law will necessarily cater to themajority...
Because they are fewer in number, today's young adults have the power to wreak havoc in the workplace. Companies are discovering that to win the best talent, they must cater to a young work force that is considered overly sensitive at best and lazy at worst. During the next several years, employers will have to double their recruiting efforts. According to American Demographics, the pool of entry-level workers 16 to 24 will shrink about 500,000 a year through 1995, to 21 million. These youngsters are starting to use their bargaining power to get more of what they...
...coverage of Black political campaigns in the U.S. and struggles for empowerment in African nations. Perhaps the press' neglect can be attributed to the general disinterest of the American public at large in minority issues; and perhaps this is the public to which the press feels it must cater. This does not, however, excuse The Crimson for its own version of skewed reporting in its May 9 issue...
...coverage of Jackson's speech, The Crimson is guilty of the very same discriminatory practices denounced therein. The excuse of catering to a disinterested public does not hold here. The Crimson's readers are members of the Harvard community, including those who attended Jackson's speech, those who organized it, and those who cared enough to write about it. By underestimating our interest, you are failing to cater to your public. Tamara Lyn '93 Camilla Bustani...