Word: distantly
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...samurai. Leto wields a katana while wearing black fingerless gloves. Two servants ask the Emperor what he wants most in the world; his answer is 30 Seconds to Mars. The video is an exhausting 12 minutes long: five of tortured, solemn Leto, and the rest of sword fighting and distant mountains. The fight scenes in “From Yesterday” are well-shot, with frequent slow-motion zooms and lots of jumping. The landscape is well-shown with lush shots and the bright costumes and intricate formations make nice eye candy. But these are only brief respites from...
...family wanted the events of the year to unfurl. As such, it is brazen not only in its obvious and legion lies (no one tells the truth in a Christmas newsletter), but it is also in its hubris. For what is hubris if not assuming that your distant relatives and one-time friends care a wit about the fact that you’ve been promoted to assistant district sales manager...
...whether or not we support the current war, our country needs the armed forces. They will continue to operate with the dedication of young men and women who recognize the value of serving to protect their nation. I suspect this number of committed recruits far exceeds the number of distant Reserve Officers’ Training Corps boycotters, crying for change but not actually caring enough to take a stake in the organization and advocate for that change. To the military, our boycott is akin to innocuous child’s play...
While most tourists slip through Johannesburg seeing little more than the airport, those who want to understand the darker days in South Africa's not-so-distant past should visit Constitution Hill. Until 1983 this was home to the Old Fort Prison, where thousands of political prisoners once awaited trial. Today it has been partially preserved as a museum, but the old Awaiting Trial Block has been demolished, and in its place is the new Constitutional Court, the highest court in the land. It's the end result of a competition to "create a building rooted in the South African...
...system of General Education makes its way through Faculty discussions and debates, with a vote on legislation possible as early as this spring, the demise of the oft-maligned Core Curriculum lies on the not-so-distant horizon.But for current undergraduates—from seniors to underclassmen—that horizon is just out of reach, and the Core is still very much a fact of life. “People do realize that students will be under the Core requirements [for some time].... The Faculty debates that are going on are about the future, but students are under...