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...Downfall We're in the bunker with Hitler and his toadies as, above ground, the remnants of The Third Reich crash in flames. Bruno Ganz gives a towering performance as the Fuhrer, moving imaginary armies around on the map, succumbing alternately to grandiosity, rage and self-pity, while the rest of his court dreams either of suicide or escape. What's truly frightening about director Oliver Hirshbeigel's movie is that no one in it is portrayed as a monster; they're all recognizably, if sickeningly, human. We don't identify with them, let alone sympathize with them...
...worked under Cramer at his firm, some of that profit-making may have been slightly less then ethical. “Trading With the Enemy” criticizes Cramer for using his CNBC appearances to sway the market in his favor and for working his employees into the ground...
...different educational tracks frustrated some HBS students, who felt that the two cohorts did not stand on equal ground in the employment market, according to Ruback...
...self as an assassin”, Kaufman replies, “Then think of yourself as something else.” In their minds they are not hit men, but Israel’s angels of vengeance. However, their seemingly secure self-perception within their moral high ground is really a slippery slope. Kauffman and his team gradually become overwhelmed by the enormity of their actions, and their guilt alienates them from each other and induces resentment of their mission.Spielberg’s expert use of espionage-thriller genre conventions prevents the film from becoming ideologically burdensome. The coincidence...
Sure, Harvard has some ground to cover in terms of “catching up” to the rest of the world. While we may be at the forefront of scientific discoveries and have the premiere political thinkers and literary geniuses of our day, Harvard, in my opinion, remains slightly behind the times when it comes to full-fledged equality for women, greater social and economic stratification, and the bursting of that Harvard bubble that leaves us all feeling like we’ve been living in a weird mix between a young-adult daycare and an Old Boy?...