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...formula along with the rather tired “city-boy leaves city, falls in love with country, understands error of former city-boy ways” trope. Despite his reliance on over-used plot structures, Scott presents a film that both charms and captivates the audience. Some credit is due to Peter Mayle, who wrote the source material, a best-selling novel of the same name. However, the change of setting from the United States to Europe adds nuance to the plot and updates what is otherwise essentially a rerun. The noirishly-named Max Skinner (Crowe) is a shrewd...
Give President Bush credit for being honest about his dishonesty. Last week he told reporters for the top wire news services - the AP, Reuters, Bloomberg - that Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney were doing fabulous work and would remain in their jobs as Defense Secretary and Vice President right up to the end of Bush's second term. Today at his post-election press conference the President more or less admitted he was lying, at least about Rumsfeld...
...When I first saw the infamous "Harold, call me" ad, I perhaps gave too much credit to the electorate. Ford had opened a small lead at the time, and I dismissed the pundits who argued that the polls were overestimating the willingness of white voters to endorse a black candidate. The ad's obvious appeal to racist stereotypes won't make a dent, I thought...
...rest of the credit goes to the incredible research behind the book, which preempts potential criticisms concerning timeliness and relevance of the work. Savan writes, “it’s not a word’s freshness date that makes it pop but its degree of persuasive power,” and “a good 93.8 percent of the time we don’t talk pop—but looking at why we do when we do and how it affects communication is my focus.” A third objection—that people...
...seniors, the last weekend was a last chance to take the court in front of the home crowd.And while they couldn’t claim two wins to their credit, Katie Turley-Molony and Sarah Cebron finished their Malkin Athletic Center careers with a flourish, as the Harvard women’s volleyball team came from behind to defeat Columbia in five games on Saturday afternoon after dropping a 3-2 heartbreaker against first-place Cornell on Friday night.Both members of the Class of 2007 played well in their final home match: Cebron registered a double-double with 34 assists...