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...start of the Watchmen cult, film people knew two things about the comic book: (1) that it simply had to be made into a movie and (2) that it couldn't. An epic superhero saga, spanning 45 years, with six major characters who all sport double identities and crucial, intertwined back-stories, does not lend itself to the narrative turbo-thrust of a standard action film. Indeed, the superest hero of the bunch - Dr. Manhattan, once known as Jon Osterman - is not an action hero; he's a passive one, a contemplative godhead, a sinewy blue nude Buddha, emotionally removed...
...Unlike Veblen, I do not argue that the exigencies of business have no place in a university. Such practical considerations are necessary to sustain centers of higher education as precisely that: institutions of learning. In this way, donations from men like Harkness and Rockefeller are crucial. Rather, the problem lies in an irrational glorification of these ideals—naming opportunities or a demand for unreasonable results, for example—that imposes the values and accomplishments of the philanthropist upon the beneficiary...
...hand to a number of different countries. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already made two trips, the first to Asia and the second to Europe, to assure nations of continued alliance with the United States. This pursuit of closer global ties is promising and will start the crucial process of mending the rifts created by the previous administration. Lacking conspicuously in America’s foreign-policy plans, however, is its own neighbor—Latin America...
...It’s crucial,” he added...
...stands, there are lots of cooks in the health-care-reform kitchen. But none of them is exclusively focused on that crucial, demanding effort. Sebelius has a bipartisan reputation and a background as her state's insurance commissioner, but at HHS she will oversee a massive organization with 10 operating divisions. Orszag must focus on the entire government budget. The head of the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, who has taken a particular interest in health care, has a portfolio that ranges from bank bailouts to global financial regulation. The other legislative, political and managerial staff at the White House...