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Those apocalyptic strains haunt Apocalypto, which takes place in an opulent but decaying Maya kingdom, whose leaders insist that if the gods are not appeased by more temples and human sacrifices, the crops will die. But the writers hope that the larger themes of decline will be a wake-up call. "The parallels between the environmental imbalance and corruption of values that doomed the Maya and what's happening to our own civilization are eerie," says Safinia. Gibson, who insists ideology matters less to him than stories of "penitential hardship" like his Oscar-winning Braveheart, puts it more bluntly...
...President and the Republican Party have cultivated in the people of the U.S. since 9/11. Bush needed Americans to adopt those attitudes in order to justify the war in Iraq and ensure his reelection. What he didn't count on was that those same attitudes would come back to haunt...
...Cambridge 1 for weekend revelry, but one piece of not-so-prime real estate seems unable to find a long-term tenant. When Phatt Boys opened last summer in the 50 Church St. space vacated by failed restaurant Rock Bottom, Harvard kids were ecstatic to find a new haunt for live music, good food, and cheap drinks. Many frequented Phatt Boys throughout first semester, and the cavernous eatery earned a rep for fun (read: lax carding). Yet today, nearly all remnants of Phatt Boys’s existence have disappeared. The reasons for its shutdown are unclear. An employee...
...Winters.Winters calls Reeves’ financial missteps a result of unfortunate absentmindedness. “A lot of it was sloppiness and being a bit cavalier,” he says. “Ken’s a little too carefree and it tends to come back and haunt him, and that’s a shame because he’s a good guy to have in there.”Cyr, who has been close to Reeves since they were both elected for the first time in 1989, also says that Reeves can neglect detail at times...
...reach the pinnacle of the cooking world; in Decatur, Ga. Lewis, who grew up on a farm and influenced chefs across the country with her insistence on simple recipes with pure ingredients, held chef positions at such high-profile eateries as Cafe Nicholson, New York City's 1950s celebrity haunt, and the Brooklyn chophouse Gage & Tollner. Her now classic 1976 cookbook, The Taste of Country Cooking, helped revive Southern cuisine...