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...these ended up being tedious opulent excess, the best, like 1992’s “Howard’s End” or 1985’s “A Room with a View,” captured the ambiance of the novel with rich historical detail and powerhouse acting. It remains to be seen how closely the script mirrors the book (Wright had significant modifications made to the original screenplay adaptation by Christopher Hampton), but if “Pride and Prejudice” is any indicator, any departures that Wright makes will...
...will do us more good to look at their structures in detail when we have the new leaders,” Smith said...
...present that the United States government could give them than the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the decade-old international treaty designed to limit emissions and pollution that cause global warming. Ironically, the United States has already signed the Kyoto Protocol (under the Clinton administration) but foregone the minor detail of actually ratifying it. The United States’ failure to ratify the Protocol is tragic in contrast with the tenor of the global warming discussion virtually everywhere else: Witness the dire climate assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize...
Search terms have always proven to be an accurate indication of what the hot gift items will be this coming holiday season, even down to the smallest detail. Black and brown Uggs, for example, will be among the most popular colors this season, and "Ugg boots," "shoes" and "slippers" will be most sought in that order. But one size doesn't necessarily fit all: For the first time, "Guy Uggs" and "Man Uggs" have appeared in the list of most popular search terms. So, if my wife happens to be reading this week's column and is searching...
...itself: As Gura points out at the very beginning of his book, no one Transcendentalist shared the same definition of Transcendentalism with any other. Although his effort to accurately portray each element of the movement forces him to abandon linear narrative, Gura’s careful attention to every detail and variation of thought within the movement gives his work its authority. His vibrant representation of the Transcendental thinkers beautifully characterizes both their philosophies and their personalities. Emerson, he explains, was “not so much imposing as magnetic,” so that...