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...That's largely because Road, directed and co-written by Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), is much more plausibly character driven. We feel we know these people, possibly might even be these people in certain circumstances. There is, for example, something recognizably feckless in Ruffalo's character, clinging narrowly to respectability as a small-town lawyer, but running behind in everything from his support payments to his housekeeping habits. He loves his son deeply, but somehow doesn't seem to know what to do with him besides ordering pizza and watching ballgames with him. In particular, he has lost any hope...
...Harvard Book Store event by Heidi Pitlor, the series editor, and contributing authors Jim Shepard, Karen Russell, and Richard Russo to discuss the state of short fiction. NO MORE ‘ASS IN THE AIR’ King said his decision to edit the collection was driven by a desire to reconnect with short fiction, to read as many stories as possible, and to garner inspiration to write new works of his own. Also important, as he said in the preface for the collection, was a hope that short stories be relocated from the “bottom shelf?...
...Chan's opponents claim her conversion from bureaucrat to democrat is opportunistic. During a bruising primary debate on Sept. 24, a rival candidate accused her of being a "sudden democrat." Yet Chan says her decision to run for office was driven not by a change in principles, but by her growing disillusionment with the laggard pace of reform. Under the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini-constitution, the city is supposed to be granted universal suffrage eventually. But more than a decade after the law took effect, Beijing remains wary that full democracy in Hong Kong could spark an outcry...
...biggest idea to come along since the interstate highway system started ribboning the country with asphalt in the 1950s. The appeal: governments can stop worrying about roads, bridges and tunnels, and companies get lucrative leases that allow them to collect money from drivers for generations. The craze is being driven by investors who crave the steady cash flow of decades' worth of tolls. There are 71 projects worth $104 billion being considered for private development by state and local governments, according to the publication Public Works Financing. The proposals are feeding a new pack of investment funds from the likes...
...this sounds at all hasty for someone working in an industry so driven by artistry and creativity as fashion, it will come as no surprise that Chantra’s first job after college was an entry-level position at the management consulting firm Monitor...