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...court decided that Harvard had established its brand globally, even if it had not formally staked its claim in Southeast Asia...
...that “Eternal Sunshine” or “Malkovich” only hinted at. To call Charlie Kaufman a unique voice in Hollywood would have been satisfactory four years ago. With “Synecdoche, New York,” however, Kaufman has staked his claim as one of America’s most important filmmakers.—Staff writer Ryan J. Meehan can be reached at rmeehan@fas.harvard.edu...
...Sucka tried to play me / But he never paid me / Never”—compound the obnoxious drinking-song chorus: “Oh no you didn’t!” “Mercenaries 2,” of course, makes no claim to be a serious and artistic venture like “Gears of War,” but this doesn’t change the fact that the song represents a low point in video game music, similar to the often intolerable, sugary-sweet pop that comprised the soundtracks to Sega?...
While many would claim that the president-elect’s crack team of advisors and strategists convinced him long ago that winning in Pennsylvania would be the key to taking it all, a more likely scenario plays out like this...
...reaching anti-pornography bill, according to the Islamic parties that drafted it, is an attempt to define and regulate pornography in order to protect women and children who, they say, are vulnerable an increasing immorality creeping into Indonesia. The bills' critics, however, primarily ethnic and religious minorities, claim its provisions are a first step towards imposing Sharia law. Widespread protests to a previous, more severe version of the law in 2006 forced legislators to amend it, but efforts to shelve it altogether were defeated...