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...film genre. To generalize a bit: men's films are about triumphing over huge obstacles; women's films are about choosing to live (or die) with them. A hero does things; a heroine feels things. Men act; women talk. Men get fired up; women go up in flames. Men exact a righteous revenge; women explore subtleties and ambiguities--their adventure is an internal journey. Movie men live in the boyhood realm of fables, fairy tales; movie women are grownups who confront the real, messy world...
...Jewish leaders do). Usually, the dream is expressed in the mildest possible terms: "I have high hopes that the removal of Saddam will strengthen our democratic allies in the region," Senator Joe Lieberman told me last week. He may be right. But there is also a chance that the exact opposite will happen, that war will nourish the Arab mirror fantasy: the fantasy of martyrdom, and a continuing romantic struggle that will only end when "Zionists and Crusaders" are once more expelled from the Holy Land...
...Jewish leaders do). Usually, the dream is expressed in the mildest possible terms: "I have high hopes that the removal of Saddam will strengthen our democratic allies in the region," Senator Joe Lieberman told me last week. He may be right. But there is also a chance that the exact opposite will happen, that war will nourish the Arab mirror fantasy: the fantasy of martyrdom, and a continuing romantic struggle that will only end when "Zionists and Crusaders" are once more expelled from the Holy Land...
Automatically adding 20 points to the application of a black person would have the exact same effect on acceptance rates as automatically deducting 20 points from the application of a white person. Such blatantly inequitable and racially-biased policies cannot be countenanced in today’s society. In an age where college admissions have become brutally competitive, giving a significant number of “extra points” to an applicant merely because he or she is black or Hispanic is at odds with everything that is meritocratic about higher education today. The Michigan program denies applicants...
...mischaracterizes the views and recent initiatives of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters’ Alliance (BGLTSA). Smith lambastes “opponents” of Gladden J. Pappin ’04 for trying to censor Pappin, but then plays fast and loose with the exact identity of these opponents, potentially leading the reader to believe that the BGLTSA may advocate such censorship. This implication is simply false. The BGLTSA has not gone on record to ask that Pappin retract his statements, nor have we criticized The Crimson for printing Pappin’s letter...