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...common experience. It should have been a generation outward looking in a positive way, with more education, access to technology and aspirations for economic mobility." Instead, he says, "it's become hostage to post-9/11 politics." Disillusioned with extremists who can destroy but who fail to construct alternatives that improve daily life, members of the post-9/11 generation are increasingly relying on Islamic values rather than on a religion-based ideology to advance their aims. And importantly, the soft revolution has generated a new self-confidence among Muslims and a sense that the answers to their problems...
...Dave Gibbons.”But writer Alan Moore has divorced himself from this and other adaptations of his comics after the critical failure of “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” Moore’s refusal to work with film teams forced Snyder to construct “Watchmen” from the viewer’s perspective. “In some ways it’s a truer experience for the viewer,” Snyder says, “because what I did was try to make the movie based...
That said, the students’ strike may not be the best response to the problem. Both sides must be willing to negotiate with each other to construct the best plan possible, and the lines of communication must remain open. We hope that both parties will consider each other’s positions and devise a strategy that will both salvage the newspaper’s financial situation and, more importantly, protect the independence of its content...
...first explored predicting stroke risk after observing a high rate of strokes in a 2005 sickle-cell anemia study he conducted. That began a collaboration with Karen L. Furie, Mass. General’s director of stroke service, who was instrumental in providing the raw data needed to construct the Bayesian model. “We’re fortunate Karen had been collecting this data,” said Rachel L. Ramoni, an instructor at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine who worked on the study. “She had an ongoing study to collect blood and other...
...enjoyable to follow. Apart from the traditional battle of the sexes setup—which hearkens back to Aristophanes—Helmer provides the opportunity for a wide interpretative understanding of the film. The men of the village—whose fathers were brave warriors and died to construct the water pipeline—embody the decline of their civilization; they are too useless to carry out even simple jobs. On a less serious level, Helmer playfully captures the pitfalls of adolescence and sexual awakening. In the end, he creates a fairy tale for adults—full of sexual...