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...Virgin, was supposed to be about how a nice fellow who'd never managed to have sex triumphs over the prodding and baiting of his jerky friends (including Rogen and Rudd) and finds a compatible mate. But The Girl (Catherine Keener) was hardly a character at all; her only function was to unleash a hearty laugh whenever Carell passed a joke. Alison, granted, is more prominent and complicated here. But for all the lip service Apatow pays to the guy-gal plot of Knocked Up, he invests much more energy and affection in the scenes of Ben with his friends...
...With reports this week that Japanese researchers have reprogrammed mouse skin cells to function like stem cells, the entire ethical issue could soon become moot. Still, the issue may provide the opportunity for the first of a wave of veto showdowns during President Bush's last 18 months in office. "The congressional Republican leadership protected the President for his first six years and kept measures that he would veto from ever getting to the White House," says Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "That time is over...
...Raquel O. Alvarenga ’07, a joint classics and government concentrator, says that government’s low ranking on satisfaction surveys is “primarily” a function of its sheer size. “I don’t think it’s really anything fundamental to the department,” she adds...
...possible with Social Studies, given FAS’s strained budget for all concentrations. And Dean of the Social Sciences David M. Cutler ’87 said that he and FAS “are committed to funding Social Studies in such a way so that they can function as well as they currently...
Junior varsity athletes and club team members have been more prominent, but these sports function on a different plane in relation to Crimson Sports...