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...critics' awards. They give prizes to whom they damn well please. No problem with that; it's their gig, and obviously they should pick their favorites. (The choices are fine with me: No Country, Persepolis and No End in Sight are all on my 10 best.) But these laurels factor into publicity campaigns for the Oscars and Golden Globes; often they are the campaigns. It's the way we critics contribute to the art-industrial complex. Our prizes certainly help determine which films get nominated, setting in motion the next round of ballyhoo before the final prizes are handed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Film Critics Know Anything? | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...Italy, said she thinks the cost of living outweighs any tuition that might be deferred. “You can find programs through other schools where the cost of courses is cheaper than a semester at Harvard,” Stecker said, “but once you factor in living costs, it’s really not.” Many students abroad also said they felt it was the experience that was important to them, and not the price. Garcia said he wouldn’t change his destination of study even if he could...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Abroad Hurt by Slumping Dollar | 12/10/2007 | See Source »

...make choices, which then affect our brain chemistry. In trying to be scientific, we often reverse the relationship. While Jeffrey Kluger may value the choices we make, he did not use the word choices in his examination of morality. The connection we have with our community is a powerful factor in how we choose to behave, of course, and we do place others outside our community. This can help us understand how a person we label a terrorist can be considered a hero within his community. We have much work to do yet. Tom Edgar, Boise, Idaho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...Nothing makes us anything. We make choices, which then affect our brain chemistry. In trying to be scientific, we often reverse the relationship. While Jeffrey Kluger may value the choices we make, he did not use the word choices in his story. Our community is a powerful factor in how we choose to behave, of course, and we do place others outside our community. This can help us understand how a person we label a terrorist can be considered a hero within his community. We have much work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...Arbor a year ago, and his upset win over the weekend makes one thing abundantly clear: no matter the players he has, whether they’re his own recruits or recruited by somebody else, Amaker is a really good coach.Pun intended, Amaker has been the X-factor, and that’s why his team is undefeated in this series’ recent history.WALT: But that doesn’t mean Beilein is a bad coach; rather, Michigan is a program in transition. The program has changed dramatically in one year.Amaker’s coaching philosophy is about...

Author: By Harvard news agency, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: THE ROUNDTABLE: Harvard beats Michigan: So What? | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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