Word: connor
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...another intelligent, affable legal mind along the lines of Roberts—no matter how conservative—would all but ensure an easy confirmation battle. But it is also essential that President George W. Bush preserve the balance in the court by replacing Sandra Day O’Connor with a similarly moderate nominee. This is due to the fact that O’Connor has, for a very long time, been the Supreme Court swing-vote. If she is replaced with a strictly conservative justice, then the opinions of the conservatives on the court would always vote...
...Other projects, however, used the artistic form to scrutinize society. Cailin M. O’Connor ’06 explored the realm of feminism by printing vivid and even shocking images of women—ranging from the classical nude to the bonded victim—on ripped, square pieces of white textiles. She also combined these prints with a multi-colored, abstract drip technique and chose to present the pieces by leaving them scattered on the floor of the studio, accompanied by a photograph of a similarly random arrangement on the asphalt of a parking...
...days before Harriet Miers suddenly withdrew her nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, one of President Bush's leading allies on judicial nominations was moaning at a Washington party about the President's pick to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. "It's a disaster," he said. "I don't understand...
...college student working at a Florida hotel; she brings the duo room service and stays the night. Three days later, she turns up dead in the bathtub of a New Jersey hotel. The bulk of the film takes place 15 years later, as reporter Karen O’Connor (Alison Lohman), who idolized Morris and Collins in her youth (how amusingly Katie Holmesian), is assigned interviewing/ghostwriting duties for Collins’ sure-to-be bestselling autobiography. She determines to get to the bottom of what really happened to Maureen that night, driven by a desire to prove herself...
...Kendall Cinema, owned and operated by National Landmark Theatres, also benefits from additional financial support, but lacks the individual curation and film selection like the Brattle’s.These thoughts on the Brattle’s importance were echoed by Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies J.D. Connor ’92, who teaches popular courses on historical and contemporary cinema. Connor loves the Brattle, “from its real butter to its clocks,” and describes it as a critical part of his own film education. “Chunking through a director?...