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...become such an ardent supporter of President Bush’s war strategy, Miller gave a most rational, and un-Hollywood, answer. If he had to put his faith in George Bush or Saddam Hussein, Miller said, he’d choose Bush. This gets to the crux, really, of the problem that anti-war celebrities have encountered on the Iraq issue: They seem to trust the dictator in Baghdad more than their own president. Their statements make it appear as if they actually believe Saddam doesn’t have weapons of mass destruction...
...poetry has been in direct response to the Laura Bushism, “There is nothing political about American literature.” With anti-Americanism spreading and war stewing, the librarian-turned-First Lady has turned to poetry readings and literature symposia to revive “the crux of what America is.” Understood in these terms, poetry can feed the American soul, so long as it does not question...
...crux of the preregistration proposal, however, is whether or not it will provide accurate predictions. Wolcowitz acknowledges that during the proposed “liberal add/drop period,” student course selections will change significantly. But he said the “magic of preregistration” is such that even though students don’t take the same courses they originally select, at other schools, the course estimates stay roughly consistent. Even if one buys into such “magic,” the culture of Harvard does not seem likely to support it. Shopping period...
Indeed, love—along with mistaken identities, evil stepsisters, drunk courtiers and a fairy-tale wedding—is the crux of “La Cenerentola,” which the Dunster House Opera (DHO) society recently adapted for its engaging 2003 spring production. And the show does indeed take place in the Dunster House dining hall, half of which production designer John H. Herndon ’04 has transformed into a impressive stage...
...First things first. On the metallic world of Cybertron, the heroic Autobots battled the evil Decepticons for control of the planet. In what was perhaps a reflection of residual anxieties about OPEC and the energy crisis of the 70's, writers chose to make energy the crux of the narrative. With their world long since drained to a husk by a never-ending war, the two factions left their planet in search of more energy. Four million years ago, they crash-landed on Earth, beginning a Rip Van Winkle-like slumber that would last until Debbie Gibson. In 1984, they...