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Selecting the appropriate films, however, is often problematic. Usually organizers of Halloween movie parties will labor for weeks over which scare-fests to screen, yet ultimately descend due to frustration into the abject world of Freddy Kreuger marathons or the Scream trilogy with the disclaimer, “I swear guys, it’s ironic.” But remember, the election is Tuesday. This should be a year of change, newness, non-George-Bushness, freshness, etc. So on October 31, 2004, mix it up a bit. Below are a few alternative choices for Halloween...
...splendid opportunity for both sides to debate, although it became a little aggressive at the end,” Dunay told the Crimson. “The debate didn’t descend into a wrestling match, but we came close...
...Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has used several types of imaging systems to watch the brains of subjects as they meditate or pray. By measuring blood flow, he determines which regions are responsible for the feelings the volunteers experience. The deeper that people descend into meditation or prayer, Newberg found, the more active the frontal lobe and the limbic system become. The frontal lobe is the seat of concentration and attention; the limbic system is where powerful feelings, including rapture, are processed. More revealing is the fact that at the same time these regions...
...might help transform what has thus far been a relatively legless and rather visionless operation. When audiences are part of an ongoing dialogue and informed about the true status of decisions, they are far more likely to be invested in the outcome. Otherwise, the Review can all too easily descend into—as at times it has resembled—an empty public relations show...
...have surgery again. Unlike Americans, the citizens of rural Quebec do not feel persecuted by crime and terrorism. They live quiet lives for the most part, and don’t find it necessary to rebuild their border stations with reinforced steel. I turn off the main road and descend even further into the wilderness, relieved to know a little place in the world that terror–and terror alarmists–don?...