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...historical and social injustice, liberal rhetoric can be dazzlingly eloquent, blindingly inspiring. When we start talking about controversial policies regarding gay rights or rape or the distribution of wealth, feelings run so high that rational acknowledgment of the opposition can seem insensitive--almost degrading to the issues at hand. But the very severity of these issues demands that we clear the sparkles from our eyes for long enough to treat them more thoroughly and even-handedly than this emotionalism allows...
...world. In their sophomore outing, the Dardennes have made an art of stripping cinema down to its bare bones. There are no designed interiors--the entire film was shot using locations in the Dardennes' hometown of Seraing, Belgium--or any other ornaments. The photography is dominated by shaky hand-held camera-work, lighting is sparsely natural and casting is reduced to four principal actors. It is initially frustrating and somewhat trying to a North American audience, used as we are to seeing the glossy celluloid images associated with high production values. Here we get grainy and bleached images. Similarly...
...developing countries say, in part, thank goodness for the rules, because they can't afford the environmental standards of the U.S. or the wage levels of U.S. and European workers. On the other hand, the developing countries say that U.S. practices are unfair--particularly those regarding intellectual property rights (which indeed deprive the poorest countries of drugs that are available only at monopoly prices protected by patents), and the use of trade barriers against products produced in low-wage countries (such as anti-dumping rules, set not by the WTO, but by the U.S. itself...
Master Yon G. Lee leads his class through an exercise, his sweeping arm and hand motions and gliding steps guiding the rest of the group. The motions, graceful and light, make the musky room at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) seem like the stage for a slow-motion modern dance...
...example of what draws criticism is the way in which West writes a short introduction to each excerpt in the Reader. While these introductions often help to shed light on the issue at hand or provide necessary background information, they just as often appear to be needlessly pompous. For example, West's introductions include many phrases such as "it is one of the most requested essays in my corpus." This style leaves him open to critical attacks, and West's views will always render him unpopular with some. He responds that "I do not write or act to win popularity...