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Lyrically, Julian has only become more vague since Is This It, but this ambiguity makes the words all the more effective. Concrete storytelling is sparse, but the self-destructive, reluctant confidence radiating from the rest of the lyrics makes for a brilliant contrast in songs like “12:51,” which ends with a warm, softened Julian murmuring “Oh really your folks are away now? / Alright I’m coming / I’ll be right there,” with beer on his breath and a smile on his face...
Despite the audience’s foreknowledge of the eventual attack, the violence is no less startling when it arrives. In contrast to the majority of action movies, which present killings and bloodshed as something to be anxiously anticipated, Van Sant creates a tangible dread and a sense of impending loss. The violence is shown vividly where it cannot be avoided, but Van Sant is admirably selective and restrained in what he shows. The murders are never glorified, and each death elicits in the viewer the sadness and anger it deserves. Even the killers realize that this...
...with business as usual, defeating Brown and Princeton to clinch at least a share of the Ivy League crown. With a win either this week in Cambridge or in their season finale against Cornell, the Quakers will capture the title outright for the second straight year. Harvard, in contrast, must sweep Penn and Yale and hope the Big Red can knock off the Quakers next weekend if the Crimson wants even a share of the Ivy title...
...Stirling Professor of History and Social Policy Alexander Keyssar also said that the focus on embedding did slant the American perspective, which was reflected in the overwhelming support by the Americans for the war, in contrast to the greater opposition harbored in other nations...
...contrast with more academically-focused travel programs, CollegeCorps emphasizes volunteer service and cultural experience, goals in keeping with one of its primary supporters, the United Nations Development Program...