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...looking, yet he epitomized elegance in an era when glamour was the ability to steer a slim lady around a dance floor. The other man was bulky, brooding, with the artistic mission to break things: women's hearts, codes of behavior, the very notion of 'good acting.' In their distinct ways - grace vs. power, gentility vs. menace, tux vs. torn T shirt - Fred Astaire and Marlon Brando represented the poles of 20th century popular culture. Astaire gave it class; Brando gave...
...Gangs" (which, by the way, appears to have a meaty role for its female co-star Cameron Diaz). I asked if he planned to tackle or embrace another national cinema, and I guessed that, if so, it would be France - surely the oldest and richest, the most varied and distinct movie tradition outside the U.S. He said yes, he might, and no, not France. He was thinking of Britain. Why? Because he saw lots of English movies when he was a kid, and that child, apparently, is a stern father to the man. Don't expect that...
...easy--and is often presumptuous--to give advice to those who live in the shadow of the terrorist's bomb. Yet before policymakers in the West decide that India deserves unstinting support, it is important to understand that there are different kinds of terrorism and that combatting them requires distinct strategies...
Drawing on Radcliffe College’s strong legacy of women’s education, a commitment to “women, gender and society” was a distinct part of the new Institute’s mission statement from the outset...
Mitchell—who is often mistakenly thought to be of Irish descent—was in fact born to Lebanese parents on August 20, 1933 in a rundown distinct of Waterville, Me. His father, who worked as a janitor at Maine’s Colby College, instilled in Mitchell the love of American democracy that led to his political career...