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...added a shocked Nathan Lump '96. Clearly Lump is not among the Harvard minority which believes that clothing is a harmful artificial construct that is far better avoided in favor of the purity of nudity, the ultimate in meta-fashion...
...plan, which devoted funds to restore Lechmere Canal, build a 16-acre park along the canal, widen the main streets and construct or repair over 1000 housing units, served as a major catalyst for new development, Straim says...
Apart from the riveting power of the cast, this production has visual intensity. The sets themselves are strikingly stylized, from the cavernous English war-chamber to the surreal floating windows of the French court and the palisade of Calais with its cutaway wall. Daniels uses this backdrop to construct tableaux with his characters, freezing the action on the stage in moments of startling clarity. The image of Henry kneeling among the body bags of slain men, or of the two kings sitting in opposite thrones with their men grouped behind them like chesspieces, linger in the mind's eye like...
Besides being a fascinating and well-crafted annecdote, Exotica is an exploration of desire, loss, betrayal, obsession, and the ways in which people carefully construct reality to make their lives manageable. Egoyan does not present the viewer with a baby-food film, in which the contents are simple, mashed to a pulp, and spoon-fed. He poses questions and exposes searches, which are sometimes pleasant, often disqueting. His is a cinema of investigation, not of morals or simple answers...
...information highway. They range from giants like Intel, Microsoft, AT&T and IBM to countless smaller companies, some of which may emerge as tomorrow's giants. Dozens of suppliers stand to rake in billions of dollars over the next five years as the telephone and cable companies construct their systems...