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...contrived world of an assembled and isolated ruling elite. Marie’s universe is precisely the sort of place where well dressed courtiers drift languidly through Versailles’ well manicured gardens and say silly things like “Oh how I do love the country?? without a modicum of ironic inflection.In its depiction of Marie’s private life, the film is gentle and forgiving. Through Coppola’s lens, Marie’s excess and indulgence achieve a sort of wistful purity and tragic transcendence, as if sadly embodying a spoiled...
...Louis (the new Busch Stadium) and finished in Cincinnati (the Great American Ballpark). In between, we visited Chicago (Wrigley), Detroit (Comerica), and Pittsburgh (PNC). On our way, we enjoyed the fruits of the local industry: Bud Light in Beer Town, Old Style in Chi-Town, Yuengling in coal country??all, naturally, in ballpark bleachers. We didn’t skip the gigantic Cheese Coneys in Cincinnati, but maybe we should have...
...cross country??s Pre-Nationals meet in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday, Harvard’s men’s and women’s teams tried similar strategies but achieved different results. Paced by senior Sean Barrett, who finished No. 6 with a time of 25:06 in the 8000 meters, the Harvard men came out on top in the Open division with a tournament-low 61 points, winning for the first time this season and exacting revenge on Yale. The Crimson lost a dual meet to the Elis at Boston’s Franklin Park...
Then there are the countries which cover up their women in veils ostensibly to protect their decency and chastity. So much for decency, when a woman is raped every two hours in Pakistan, according to the country??s independent Human Rights Commission, and numerous others become victims of honor killings, domestic violence, and murder every year. And so much for peaceful chastity, when Google Trends reveals the quite shocking data that, internationally, the most search queries for "sex" originate from countries such as Pakistan, Egypt, and Iran. These are the same countries with cultures of aggressive sexual suppression...
Ashton B. Carter, co-director of Harvard’s Preventative Defense Project, said U.S. policy toward North Korea helped to make the country??s nuclear test possible...