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Michael Goldberg, Brown's Director of Admissions, has a similar opinion...
There is another family in this briskly cathartic film: the brilliant acting ensemble. Almodovar cherishes the notion of a family of actors--the gypsies who, for a few months, become as close as siblings under the maternal eye of their director. So with each new project he plans reunions, forming the tightest stock company in movies. Nearly a dozen actors have appeared in three or more of his films. One, Antonio Banderas, segued into American stardom. The others are all actresses, including Paredes, Carmen Maura and Victoria Abril. Almodovar is the man who loves women, who understands them, who writes...
...number of all American students in Ireland, where there are only nine universities, has doubled in the past four years--to 1,160. Some may come to walk the same streets as did Joyce, Yeats, Swift or Wilde, or take in the enchanting architecture and countryside. Ivan Filbi, director of international student affairs at Trinity College Dublin, simply credits the quality of the schooling. Americans come there, he says, because "they know they're going to get a jolly good education at a very top school." Trinity College, founded in 1592 and located on a romantic 45-acre campus...
Still, not everyone is happy about the move txzo make e-shoppers out of kids. "By bringing shopping into the home, you're giving your kids a chance to spend instantaneously and impulsively," says Betsy Taylor, executive director of the Center for a New American Dream, a nonprofit group that offers tips for parenting in a commercial culture. "We're creating a generation of hyperconsumers, and this is just one more step toward that." In a survey conducted by Internet market-research firm Esearch, 49.7% of parents said children under 18 should not be allowed to make online purchases...
HITTING THE MARK: What turns a top-notch opera singer into a full-fledged star? The perfect part and director can't hurt. Take baritone Mark Delavan in the New York City Opera's pratfall-packed production of Verdi's Falstaff. His sly acting and fat-bottomed voice--supported by Leon Major's lickety-split staging--have opera buffs buzzing about why he's not singing at the Met. Who cares, when you can see him in the role of a lifetime right...