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Gary Whitta's script, set 30 years after civilization screeched to a halt when a great "flash" (maybe a devastating bomb or the wrath of God) filled the sky, imagines a charred American Southwest littered with dead trees, debris, corpses - a landscape not even WALL-E could clean up. The desaturated color scheme makes the whole world look as if it were left outside to die, and it was. Marauding punks prey on solitary travelers for water, food and clothing. With all industrial and agricultural sectors in shambles, the fear-market system applies: survival of the meanest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Savior: Denzel Washington in Book of Eli | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...ADARC was a great experience," says one, who now heads an immunology lab at a major university. "Those were really great times, and you don't experience them often in an academic career. The structure put in place for the first few years was magnificent and very collegial. But unfortunately the happy ending didn't go forth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Ho: The Man Who Could Beat AIDS | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...It’s not a great time of huge new money to do things,” Davis said, listing the $3.9 million shortfall in the school budget as an example. “It doesn’t mean you can’t reallocate, but money isn’t growing on trees right...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Citizens Debate Climate Plans | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...difference if Noam had been able to be with us,” Brand said. “She can win her own matches, and she certainly helps the squad as a whole. Missing any one of them would have a huge impact on our performance. They had a great attitude, though, and performed with great spirit. It’s a long season, and I’m pleased with everyone’s performance...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men Break Out At Invitational | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...world this past November reminded all Americans just how important literacy of the financial markets and sound business practices are to economic vitality. President Barack Obama and the leading economists at the world’s biggest bank proclaimed that this was the most severe economic shock since the Great Depression. Articles were written, memos were circulated, and legislation was signed, but all to no avail...

Author: By Patrick Jean Baptiste | Title: Ignorance is Not Bliss | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

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