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...goes without saying that Amélie has a firm grasp of the absurd. We meet Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) through a voiced-over recap of her likes and dislikes; the former category includes dipping her hand in barrels of grain and cracking the fine crust of a crème brûlée with a teaspoon. Home-schooled by neurotic, hugging-averse parents, she grows up painfully shy and enclosed in her own fantasy world. Unfortunately, her adult life doesn’t seem much better. She works as a waitress in a quintessentially Parisian...
...theoretical underpinnings of the Reclamation Artists’ work is somewhat esoteric and hard to grasp, but in essence much of their work—including “Nest!”—seems to consist of attempts to make something out of nothing. Or, more precisely, to convert a formerly vacuous physical topos into an organic component of a superimposed piece of art. In particular, Reclamation Artists are concerned with neglected urban landscapes, and have often endeavored to add an aesthetically pleasing touch to otherwise barren and unappealing scenery...
...Five years later, the company he helped co-found is demonstrating the same kind of feisty retort Plattner exhibited when he flashed his behind. SAP was slow to grasp the importance of the Internet and it looked as if newcomers would take the lead. But the 29-year-old company is playing catch-up fast while upstarts are sinking...
...Omar's knowledge of international affairs is limited to whatever he is able to grasp from Pushtu-language radio broadcasts by the BBC and Voice of America. He has met a few foreign diplomats and a small number of journalists. Common members of the Taliban can see him easily. In the past, he sat on his office carpet and received visitors. However, since being elevated to the status of Amirul Momineen, or Commander of the Faithful, he sits on a raised platform. He has learned to drive his luxury Land Cruiser and is adept at handling satellite phones and walkie...
...democracy, and without dissenting viewpoints we cease to value our democratic ideals. In a crisis, it is even more important to have thinkers and commentators analyzing the events from 360 degrees of interpretation. Only then will we be able to grasp what is going on, make a decision as to its appropriateness and fulfill our duties as citizens by holding the government accountable in the next election cycle. Granted, now is not time for the pot-shots and humorous jabs that were common to critics of the Bush administration prior to Sept. 11. Indeed, one has to look very hard...