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Even if you have not read the book, you're probably familiar with the plot. A 15-year-old lad named Michael Berg (David Kross, giving a splendidly modulated performance of teen angst, sexuality and intellectual aspiration) falls ill in the entrance of an apartment building in 1950s Germany. He is rescued by an attractive working-class woman named Hanna (Kate Winslet in a performance that heartbreakingly combines passivity and anger) who arranges his return home. When he comes back to thank her for her aid, they embark upon a heated sexual relationship, which, in due course, she abruptly breaks...
...anyone in Europe and the U.S. of a certain age, this is a familiar tale. Once booming industrial centers were laid low in the 1970s by the one-two punch of recession and increasing competition from Asia. Detroit shed almost 40% of its industrial jobs in the '70s alone. Many cities - rust belt towns in America's east and Midwest in particular - still face the huge challenge of reinvention. But there are lessons to be learned from places that have been through this before and the authors of a new British guide argue that U.S. cities would do well...
...ticket promises to shake up the status quo and bring real change. The other features an older gentleman from the South and a young woman from Alaska. Sound familiar? A combination of coincidental similarities and purposeful parody have resulted in some serious parallels between this year’s U.S. and UC campaigns. Charles T. James ’09-’10 and Max H. Y. Wong ’10 are focusing on bringing real change to Washing— Oh, sorry, we mean the UC. “You usually see the same thing: a ticket...
...tones, and 12-note chords appear in copious numbers. And yet, Sommerville still managed to achieve a certain lyricism with his superb playing. The orchestra, including marimba, plays a sparse role in the piece, as the soloist distinguished himself from the ensemble by the end. The BSO returned to familiar waters with Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” to end the program. Now a staple in the symphony repertoire, the “Rite of Spring” was actually greeted at its premiere by one of the most infamous riots in the history...
...attend classes at a local university. In this setup it is hard to get maximum exposure to another culture. Students tend to become friends with the people they associate with the most: their classmates and housemates. These are usually other Americans or foreigners who can speak English and are familiar with American norms. In effect, students create an American bubble in another country. They live, study, and socialize within a group of comparatively similar people...