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When David Gordon Green walked into the screening room at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA) on March 10, he looked indistinguishable from many of the students in the audience. Wearing a pair of jeans and a nonchalant expression on his face, Green’s casual appearance belied his status as an experienced and critically-acclaimed film director. Green was present at the HFA to screen a number of his films, including the newly released “Snow Angels,” and to answer questions from the audience. Green’s directorial technique is marked...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Director 'Green' Visits HFA | 4/11/2008 | See Source »

...Your article omitted two of the causes of behavioral problems among teenagers: school curricula that do not relate to actual life in today's society, and teachers who have been programmed to push information into pupils rather than develop their potential. Don't blame the kids! Gordon Rabey, Wellington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...Brits have all but given up on our disaffected youth. Their surly demeanor and vicious behavior are a consummate failure of the Tony Blair-Gordon Brown era. The people who once famously claimed to be "tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime" chose instead to be even tougher on the victims of crime. Some young hooded lout threatens you or your family's safety, so you clip his ear, and an army of social workers springs to his defense while the full might and majesty of the law are brought down on you, with all the consequent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...education center, public realm improvements, and workforce development programs. Several months have passed since Harvard issued a draft of the cooperation agreement to the Harvard Allston Task Force, but the document remains essentially unchanged, said University’s Chief Operating Officer for the Allston Development Group Christopher M. Gordon. Gordon, who signed the final document two weeks ago, said it includes more precise time frames for the implementation of benefits as well as more specific numbers on the costs of various programs. “The last few months have been spent mostly crossing...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Signs Benefits Accord | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s New Labour Party is back in the immigration game. Last February, the UK government introduced a new, Australian-style points system for non-EU immigrants, requiring English language proficiency as well as education and earnings minimums for the right to stay. With a growing population of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Britons who are undereducated, unemployed, and low earners, the British government’s stance reflects a politically brave and long overdue acknowledgement that its postwar immigration policy was problematic. It also reflects the acknowledgment that past efforts to help groups who immigrated...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Stirring the Pot | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

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