Word: focusing
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...Don?t know about that. I am not certain that the sight of Segal?s thingy adds greatly to the gaiety of nations. And it?s possible that this hoo-ha will distract us from the fact that this is not a bad little comedy. People tend to focus on the raunchy premises of Apatow?s work (he produced the film, and Segel, director Nicholas Stoller and some of the actors are veteran collaborators), while ignoring the qualities that made movies like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad such mighty hits, which is a certain wistfulness...
Imprecise measurement has long crippled efforts to find Earth-like planets that may represent scientists’ best hope at finding extraterrestrial life, but Harvard scientists say a new laser-based measuring tool could bring the universe into sharper focus. The astro-comb allows astronomers to discover Earth-size planets, which are most likely to support extraterrestrial life because larger planets tend to be entirely gaseous and inhospitable to organisms like those on Earth. The laser provides a way to measure the near-imperceptible changes in a star’s light that are induced by orbiting planets. Planet gravity...
...however, Everett’s appointment did not allow him to assume any further teaching responsibilities. This year, Ingrid Monson’s Literature and Arts B-82: “Sayin’ Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue” is the only class to focus on jazz. The course was offered through the Core rather than the Music department.Both Everett and Schachter, as well as Noah L. Nathan ’09, the student manager of the Monday Jazz Band, believe that greater curricular offerings could benefit the jazz culture at Harvard. Everett says that...
...histories and genealogies of large, sprawling families to craft novels that span several important generations in a conflict-ridden area, “Love Marriage” is able to both demonstrate a culture in action and create memorable characters.Told in distinct one- to three-page sections that focus on one or two particular characters, often announced in italics at the beginning of the section, “Love Marriage” is centered on the story of Yalini. Yalini is the daughter of Sri Lankan immigrants to the United States, her father a doctor and her mother a school...
...face through a frame of shattered glass glittering beneath rain and streetlight. Wong also creatively uses motion, both with the camera and the actions on-screen, to set the tone of each scene. A shaky and restless camera introduces the bartender Jeremy (Jude Law). Even as the focus never strays from Jeremy’s face, the camera motion along with sounds of laughter and chatter create the atmosphere of a busy restaurant. Later in the film, when Jeremy kisses Lizzie as she lies sleeping on the bar, Wong uses characters’ movement to create a moment of dreamlike...