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...development of not just movies but also console video games like the Xbox and PlayStation, the operating systems of Macintosh and Windows computers and a host of other interactive technologies. And Sony's recent successful bid for MGM Studios (and its rich backlist of classic films) underscored just how crucial DVDs are in the entertainment and electronics businesses. The current scuffle might not be settled before two competing (and incompatible) standards reach stores, potentially blossoming into a confusing standards war like the VHS-vs.-Betamax videotape clash of the late 1970s and early...
Basically, to make a long story short, if you have a pulse and a computer, you know that this website has waged a fierce battle for that crucial eight-hour block of time where checking other people’s away messages and doing nothing once reigned supreme...
Narratives of marginalization have been crucial to the thematic consciousness of animated films from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the slick CG kiddie films of today. Subversion of social ‘tradition’ and the transcension of adversive societal elements are key parts of this equation. The go-girl butt-kicking heroics of Disney’s Mulan and the odd-man-out subtexts of films as seemingly diverse as Aladdin and Finding Nemo are prime examples of this Disney-fied social flavoring...
...into a greater terrorist target," says Rudd. Downer disagrees. "We cannot expect to have a meaningful alliance with the U.S. if we are not prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder with it in the war on terror," he says, and the project to build democracy in Iraq is a crucial component of that...
...Mark M. Robbins ’89 was in a room full of fellow Winthropians that night. The Red Sox were seemingly a lock for the win when Robbins recklessly opened his mouth. According to several of the students present, Robbins said the unthinkable at the most crucial of moments in the game. Following the second Mets’ out in the 10th, Robbins turned to self-described “die-hard Yankees fan,” Dr. John V. Heymach ’89, and screamed, “You’ll never be able to call...