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Still, these liberties do little to blunt the book's power as literature - or, perhaps more important, as an allegory of Kapuscinski's own communist-era Poland. Indeed, as The Emperor was going to press, the Polish government approved an extravagant flood-control program for the Vistula River; the author phoned in a new passage about a costly dam built by Selassie. "Everything is a metaphor," Kapuscinski once said. "My ambition is to find the universal...
From the moment Remy enters, crashing, to the final happy fadeout, Ratatouille parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios. The flood that separates Remy from his family is turbulent, terrifically choreographed, action-movie excitement. The budding Remy-Linguini friendship grows naturally, without clamor or shtick--quite a feat, considering how dense and gauche the young man can be. The tonal quality is pretty amazing for a CGI movie. The usual harsh plastic visuals are replaced by muted, luscious views of late-afternoon Paris...
...income after their release. For a country of 65 million, Thailand has a relatively high incarceration rate, with roughly 250,000 people behind bars. Most are locked up on drug convictions. The use of methamphetamine is a particularly pernicious problem among poor, urban Thais, in part because cheap pills flood over the border from Burma, one of the world's largest producers of the drug...
...constant throughout the season was Flood, who gave the Crimson an incredible number of possessions and opportunities. The senior took all of Harvard’s 258 faceoffs, winning 173 of them for a .671 percentage...
...team appears prepared to step up next season. Sophomore attack Kaitlin Martin led the team in goals, with 39, and total points. Junior attack Caroline Simmons coupled 25 goals with a team-leading 10 assists, while fellow junior attack Tara Schoen notched 25 goals of her own. Freshman Sarah Flood scored 14 goals and had eight assists...