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...Jones plays Elizabeth, a young woman mired in depression over a recently ended affair. She strikes up a friendship with Jeremy (Jude Law), who runs a bar-restaurant in one of the seedier sections of New York. On her frequent visits there, she orders blueberry pie - a dish no one else orders - and he falls a little in love with her loneliness. She leaves New York for Memphis, where she gets a couple of waitressing jobs and meets a cop (David Strathairn) who's sunk into alcoholism over the departure of his good-time wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz). Elizabeth...
...most of the stories spring to movie life. Jeremy's devotion to Elizabeth is more an idea than a felt emotion, though Law pours all his considerable charm into the effort. Strathairn and Weisz have some potent moments in a set piece of domestic regret, but each has to push harder than should be necessary to achieve the rueful feelings. It's not until Portman shows up that you'll find the sort of sizzle and sympathy Wong cooks up with ease in his best films...
...come-hither outfits, but she's not coasting on her looks; they are only accoutrements to Leslie's natural salesmanship. She uses her appeal to simultaneously flirt with and taunt the gambler across the table. And when the cards turn against her, Leslie is quick to hit on Elizabeth, who has naively mentioned a $2200 stash of her own. Thus begins a wary comradeship where it's hard to tell who's lying and who's telling the truth...
...from HDAG to the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) “for further review.”The two-member CCSR is responsible for reviewing issues surrounding the University’s investments.The committee has yet to respond to the HDAG proposal, but the students remain hopeful. Elizabeth Gray, the CCSR secretary, declined to comment last week.Nationwide, the divestment movement remains energized, fueled by Harvard’s decision two years ago to divest from PetroChina. One activist group, the Sudan Divestment Task Force, is overseeing a campaign to pressure state governments and other institutions to adopt divestment...
Life sciences teaching assistants, called facilitators, receive their initial training through the Bureau of Study Counsel at the start of the term, says Elizabeth J. Heller, a preceptor in molecular and cellular biology...