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...this fascinating world, rather than a complete explication. This is a tantalizing glimpse of the possibilities of his fiction, not a full demonstration of them. We are presented with the realities of life on the ground, and since things are the way they are, questions of cause are futile??the only question now is how to move forward. It is with this sentiment that the film both begins and concludes. The curse of past, unchangeable error haunts the world, and all that remains are our fearful glances toward the future...

Author: By Jack G. Clayton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: District 9 | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

...fear was so strong that Mass. Hall initially refused even to acknowledge that a tape of the remarks existed, let alone two of them. When those denials proved futile??the tape recorders were plainly visible to the more than 40 academics who heard Summers’ speech—Mass. Hall then argued that a transcript could not be made public because the conference had been off-the-record...

Author: By Zachary M. Seward, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Staff Sought To Shroud Summers | 1/18/2006 | See Source »

...swagger a little, puffing up his chest as he smugly replies, “I know well enough that few men are better calculated to win a woman’s heart than I. I’m a fine fellow, Dick.” But his efforts are futile??from then on, any reference in the script to his fine physical being evokes a storm of laughter. “The characters call each other huge, strong men, and we’re like, ‘you’re really...

Author: By April B. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Night at the Operetta | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

Semonoff, a 1975 Harvard Law School graduate, agrees that it is “almost futile?? for one city to expect to end homelessness, but she stresses that the plan can be used to call attention to the extensive programs that already exist in Cambridge...

Author: By Anna M. Friedman and Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Big Freeze | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

...hurt trying to tear down the goalposts.” Not only were their attempts ultimately futile??the mob could only slightly bend the crossbar—but Penn students should know better than to go to class in the first place. It is Penn, after...

Author: By Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Superlatives | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

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