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...ending of the movie is what saves it from utter banality, but it is far from enough to compensate for the earlier flaws in the script. These diminish the brilliance of the few shining moments of the film, resulting in a work that isn’t entirely bad, but doesn’t exactly make the grade, either...
...Predator drone tomorrow and vaporized by a Hellfire missile, his supporters would suffer a blow to their morale. Then again, they appear to have managed fine over the past year without hearing a word from their leader, and his elimination would give the FBI little reason to diminish its threat assessment. Still, the fact that bin Laden remains not only alive, but sufficiently emboldened to open a new season of propaganda diatribes on al-Jazeera is a reminder of how much remains to be done...
...junior at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. “While you’re just standing there or dancing, someone will come up out of nowhere.” But Giovinco is quick to point out that the carnal agendas of most clubgoers don’t diminish his love for the nightlife. In fact, he tries hurriedly to shush DLP pledgemaster Doug DiPietro, a recent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate, in mid-sentence when DiPietro describes the clubs as “somewhat sleazy” and “not the most reliant source for meeting quality people...
...months into the school year, I have friends and acquaintances from nearly all 12 residential colleges despite my affiliation with Morse College. I have also met numerous Morse upperclassmen, most of whom are eager to show a green first-year the ropes. Assigning us to residential colleges does not diminish our opportunities to meet each other—we still live together as a class; rather, it enhances our integration into the greater undergraduate population. While breaking tradition is always difficult, affiliating Harvard first-years with upperclass Houses would provide them with better social opportunities and would also help...
...saying that white coaches can’t recruit black athletes, or vice versa. It’s just that if a school has to wear a “Scarlet R” for racist, not only will the quality of its athletic program diminish, but also the quality of life on campus...