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...come away with something unexpected from a scary movie: a touching film about growing old and staying young, and the powerful bond between mother and child. The film, which makes clear allusions to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” becomes, at its finest, a potent fairytale for adults. “Pan’s Labyrinth,” anyone? Producer Guillermo del Toro’s fingerprints are evident throughout the entire film. Catapulted by its successes across the Atlantic, “The Orphanage” will play in American theaters...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: El Orfanato (The Orphanage) | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...before the break, Harvard must face the Wildcats, the largest roadblock yet in the way of its unbeaten streak. In its toughest challenge, the Crimson looks to put up its finest effort...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nation’s Top Two Battle in Durham | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...editors: RE: “Our Finest Hour,” editorial, Nov. 8. Far from criticizing the UC, as today’s Crimson editorial did, the Editorial Board should consider whether it—as well as the UC—already has fallen into irrelevance by its ridiculous cheerleading to allow college financing to subsidize underage drinking on campus. To learn, however, that beer, wine, and liquor compose the bulk of expenses for UC-funded parties was startling. It makes me glad as a parent of a Harvard sophomore that the College sought...

Author: By Gary Mitchell | Title: Editorial Board Should Not Favor UC’s Alcohol | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

...with two girlfriends on the back of her red Honda Wave, darting through ever-shifting streams of motorbikes as they look for new friends. It's a typical evening of luon lo (literally "wandering"), the nightly ritual where young Vietnamese cruise, flirt and flaunt their finest fashions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Police vs. Traffic Police | 11/27/2007 | See Source »

...great Australian trade union movement" and a declaration to be "a P.M. for all Australians - a P.M. for indigenous Australians" draw the loudest cheers. Later, as they spill into the mild Brisbane night, people glance at the bronze statue of Wally Lewis - Queensland's greatest rugby league player - whose finest moments occurred at a pre-renovated version of this stadium. Rudd is no footballer. But on this night, to those who've rejoiced in the end of the Howard era, he is a home-grown hero above all others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope and Glory | 11/25/2007 | See Source »

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