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...tattered picture of his wife, someone who also develops a terrible need to go to the bathroom, is lying, totally immobilized, on a bomb. All the hubbub around him--all the arguments and sound bites--cannot disguise the fact that he is essentially a living dead man whose fate cannot help engaging our pity and terror...
...creation? This is the central question of Windshield: Richard Neutra’s House for the John Brown Family, the current exhibition at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum. The house, named Windshield after the large amounts of glass used in its construction, has achieved more fame for its ill-fate than its revolutionary design. Completed in 1938, the house stood as a beacon of modern design for a mere week before it was significantly damaged by a hurricane. The house was rebuilt by 1939, but was consumed by a fire on New Year’s Eve in 1973, never...
This year’s senior class, which has placed second in the Ivies in back-to-back seasons, has dedicated itself this year to avoiding that fate...
...NATM ultimately suffers the same fate as its predecessor Scary Movie. In the end, the major laughs in both films are induced by shocking the viewer by crossing a line previously believed uncrossable. While this technique produces a few giggles and chuckles initially, by the time the movie progresses to its conclusion, one simply becomes numb to its relentless attacks on good taste. It may be not another teen movie, but it’s not another Airplane! either. —Daniel...
...future political arrangement. Also, he can't afford to alienate the Pashtuns, or wider Afghan constituencies, by appearing to simply do the bidding of the U.S., which is not overwhelmingly popular even among anti-Taliban elements. Karzai pointedly told the BBC he had not discussed Mullah Omar's fate with Washington, insisting "this is an Afghan question." Still, Karzai?s political survival will also depend on his ability to deliver on promises to rebuild Afghanistan, and he can?t afford to fall out with the U.S. and the donor community...