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...Philadelphia Phil, Rapaport spends almost all of his scant eight minutes of screen time chanting and jeering in a sports bar). Though the plot leaves a few loose ends, these work within the film’s internal logic. The Quantrell Bishop storyline is abandoned in order to focus on Paul’s meeting with Philadelphia Phil, but in the scope of the film, this makes sense. Paul never follows through on his commitments or interactions. He is content to simply let things go, so long as he can resume cheering for the team he loves. Siegel, formerly...
...Lars and the Real Girl”), disapproves of the relationship between Keats and Brawne and actively attempts to dissuade his friend from pursuing her. This conflict climaxes in a heated argument between the three parties after Brown delivers a mock valentine to Brawne.Had Campion chosen to focus solely on this triangular relationship, perhaps elaborating on the reasons why Brown was so staunchly opposed to his friend’s relationship, she could have composed an engaging romance. However, almost directly following the aforementioned argument, the primary source of conflict clumsily segues into Keats’ financial situation. This dilemma...
...survey of 1,057 randomly selected businesses nationwide was conducted by SSRS/ICR—an independent research company. It was the fourth in an ongoing series of inquiries into the effects of H1N1 flu in America and was the first of those to focus on the flu’s potential impact on businesses...
...their story. And they play an important role in society in raising questions.” Using art to foster debate has been an approach that some Harvard departments have employed in service of veritas. For Paul Beran at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard, whose primary focus is academic rather than aesthetic, art is used to stimulate such discussion out of which academic truth can emerge. “It’s not at all about balance,” he says, referring to an equal presentation of two contrasting sides of an argument...
...sponsor carbon-cutting projects in China under the Kyoto Protocol to earn offsets. But the CBEEX-BlueNext collaboration could allow Chinese companies themselves to begin to get involved in the offset market, just as voluntary markets in the U.S. have done for American companies. For now, the standard will focus on agriculture and forestry projects, with expectations that it will grow to cover Chinese transportation, power and manufacturing. "We think that Chinese companies are very aware of their greenhouse-gas emissions and climate change and that they're keen to support a voluntary carbon-reduction initiative in China," says David...