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Together, based on a true story, is Chen's sunniest, ostensibly simplest film. Cheng (Liu Peiqi), a poor man from the provinces, takes his son Xiaochun (Tang Yun), 13, a violin prodigy, to Beijing in hopes of promoting the boy's career. He's gifted, no doubt, but in big...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soft Film With Hard Truths | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

“And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me,” Charles Dickens writes. In baseball, the mists rise solemnly and with little warning, and if they don’t today they can tomorrow or next year, and this...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Of Moments, Possibilities And Promise | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

Even though the dialogue was important to Kasdan, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Goldman, he admits that he really just wants to scare the dickens out of the audience. When asked why the aliens have come to Earth, he shrugs: "The usual. Real estate."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Horror Sounds | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

“My goal this weekend was to make it to the finals for the 800 meters and score some points for the team,” Piper said. “I was excited that I was able to beat [Rebecca Dickens from Yale] who had beaten me...

Author: By Samita Mannapperuma, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Track Earns Impressive Third at Heps | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

"The Copeland Reader", which is 800 pages long, will include selections from the Bible, Shakespeare, Browning, Stevenson, Dickens and the Classics, with a varied selection from modern authors, including de la Mare, Barrie, Masefield, Mark Twain and Justice Holmes. In addition to the introduction, at the request of his publishers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK IMMORTALIZES COPELAND TRADITION | 2/9/2003 | See Source »

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