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...victory also validated the old rule that the Editing Oscar is the savviest predictor for Best Picture. The theory is that people, even Academy members, don?t know much about the craft of editing-the extent to which the cuts in a film are determined by the script-so they vote for the movie with the most stuff going on. Crash was certainly the busiest film nominated. And the noisiest. Whereas the other four nominees (Brokeback, Capote, Munich and Good Night, and Good Luck.) kept seeking reconciliation within their social and political conflicts, Crash let its arguments bubble over, like...
...percent of college professors identify as “a spiritual person.” Nearly two-thirds of faculty describe themselves as “a religious person,” either to “some extent” or “to a great extent.” Sixty-one percent said that they pray or meditate, and only 37 percent of professors said they are “not at all” religious. Some students said that the study highlighted the significance of spirituality. “[The report] shows that spirituality is definitely...
...that attaches itself to the study of mass culture can be worrisome to those who teach it. “There is a high status thing in enjoying lowbrow culture,” says Kaufman.Menand finds the status of taste significant as well. “To the extent that culture is a form of status seeking, you want to enhance your knowledge of the canon with something esoteric,” he says.It could be that the appearance of “Star Wars” on a syllabus is not as populist a gesture as it ini-tially...
...unrivaled head of a worldwide flock of one billion Catholics, the Pope can exercise moral, political and spiritual influence across the globe. Granted, his words and gestures are the extent of a pope's earthly power, since as Stalin once famously quipped, he commands no military divisions. Still John Paul maximized his arsenal, which included constant charismatic globetrotting and a deft diplomatic touch. Coming to Rome from behind the Iron Curtain, he knew just what notes to hit - in public and private - to inspire his fellow Poles and others to undermine the Communist regimes...
...visit, not even the latest Qaeda bust is likely to deflect attention from the mounting problems facing Washington's shaky alliance with Musharraf. The Bush Administration has backed Musharraf on the basis that he is cooperating in the war on terror - even if not to the extent the U.S. demands - and that the alternatives are worse. But many secular liberals in Pakistan complain that Musharraf brandishes the jihadi threat to maintain military rule and suppress Pakistan's main moderate political parties, quite a far cry from the democratic values trumpeted by the Bush Administration. The jihadist element has long been...