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Only in 2000 did Marvel and Fox finally hit the right formula with X-Men and get their first whiff of sweet-smelling success. Apparently, X-Men had that little extra something. Scratch, scratch. It is this simple. A comic-based film needs a truly super superhero. He needs to be the kind of guy every girl wants to date, and every guy wants to be. A superheroine needs sex appeal oozing from every inch of her vinyl suit and a superpower image that screams‚ don’t mess with...
...main course, we sampled two of the rustic pasta dishes. The gnocchi ($20) was doughy and chewy, but not excessively heavy—a fine feat for gnocchi. It was served with a bouquet of mushrooms. In fact, the dish seemed to be more mushrooms than gnocchi, a clever formula that prevented the pasta from seeming overbearing. But the fettucelle ($14) stole the show. We weren’t surprised when we learned that this delicate pasta was made fresh in the kitchen by clearly skilled hands...
...Jordan resident John F. Brennan ’02 said he thinks only an edge in the lottery formula can compensate for the living conditions this year...
...formula for the rankings is based on 16 criteria in six main categories: advising, teaching, classes, honors, social events and retention rate. FM has assembled quantitative information on concentrations from the Dean of the College, the Registrar, the CUE Guide, Courses of Instruction and the Handbook for Students in one place for the first time. Some of the data—compiled from questionnaires FM sent to the offices of all 40 concentrations—has never before been publicly released...
Obviously, the ranking of concentrations is far from perfect. First, many pieces of data were unavailable for this ranking, though the formula does not penalize any concentration for missing data. Second, FM’s ranking, like any ranking, is to some extent arbitrary in the weighting of its criteria. Although we weighted each category based on what we considered to be its importance and accuracy in judging the quality of each concentration, there are definitely other ways to rank concentrations. In fact, we’re interested in any suggestions readers would have to improve next year?...