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Really, the language issue is a stand-in for a bigger question. There have been other dark and complicated takes on the western--Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove--but they, like westerns themselves in recent years, have been as occasional as tumbleweeds. We still associate the genre with the moral simplicity and cliche of its heyday: straight-shooting, black and white hats. (When President Bush said he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive," he wasn't going for relativism.) Are we ready for the genre of John Wayne...
...Basically, Professor Vendler is a monumental figure,” Miller says. “It has been said that she has the power to make or break poets’ careers.” Vendler’s invaluable contributions to the careers of contemporary poets Rita Dove and Seamus Heaney are evidence of this. She acknowledges that it is impossible to compare Yeats, one of the monolithic figures of the last two centuries of western literature, to modern poets...
Illingworth then fell behind 2-1 in the third game before winning the serve back with a skillful return and running off three straight points. Broadbent briefly interrupted Illingworth’s spurt, finishing a point in which he dove to keep it alive and both players hit shots off the back wall with a great shot, but Illingworth recovered to take the game...
With Wilson and Ward garnering two second-place finishes thus far, Harvard notched its first victory of the day in the one-meter diving when freshman Annika Giesbrecht dove ahead of the field with a final score of 255. Junior Anne Osmun was right behind Giesbrecht with 248.9 points, finishing fourth...
...made a splash with her leather, denim and corduroy handbags. ''Gap is such an iconic brand, and it means so much to so many people,'' says Hill, explaining her move from high fashion to mass market. "Things don't have to be expensive to be beautiful." For inspiration she dove into the company's archives. "I took all the elements that you would normally find on a denim jacket or a pair of corduroys--the buttons, the zipper, the grommets--and used them to make a bag." The spring line of bags, in bright pastels and floral prints, is based...