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...Indiana.The heart of the film belongs to Hannah, who dreams about moving to Hollywood and making inspirational films—which is ironic, given that she is already the star of the film before us. Her goals of escaping a small town are relatable, and the familial troubles that haunt her broken life at home make her instantly sympathetic.This is how “American Teen” moves beyond its updated “Breakfast Club” scenario. Burstein manages to escape the limitations that ensnare the social stereotypes she examines, crafting a wholly believable world in which...
...often alone, the process prolonged by a conspiracy of hope, fear, bureaucracy, inertia. When researchers not long ago interviewed family members of the recently deceased, half of them said their loved one did not get the support he or she needed at the end. There's a specter to haunt us, a death worth fearing, altogether different from the death we can embrace...
More than three years after the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, charges and counter-charges over alleged Syrian responsibility continue to haunt the Middle East. But the outcome of the investigation into the killing of a leader who stood up to Syrian influence in his country may yet be decided in the realm of politics. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a senior Republican who recently visited Syria, last week publicly suggested that the U.N. inquiry into Hariri's killing could be reduced in scope in exchange for greater security and political cooperation from Damascus...
...first one was not pretty. In a 7-2 loss to the Boston College Eagles that would mark the start of a seven game losing streak, the Crimson’s inability to play disciplined hockey and capitalize on scoring chances established itself as a frustration that would haunt Harvard all throughout its mid-year skid. But those frustrations only wrote the background plot for the Beanpot Championship game. The storyline—the three goal third period deficit—is familiar to people who follow Harvard hockey.As senior co-captain Mike Taylor netted the game-tying goal...
...further proof that a five-year-old memo continues to haunt the U.S. and Iraq, there's next month's release of Errol Morris' documentary Standard Operating Procedure. Without mentioning Yoo specifically, the film shows some of his memo's darkest consequences: the systematic abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody at Abu Ghraib prison...