Word: idealizations
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...explanations all relate to his hard life as a homeless orphan in the company of his brother Salim (Madhur Mittal) and, not often enough, with the winsome, consistently abused Latika (Freida Pinto). Salim is a type-A troublemaker, a fighter and conniver, restless and reckless, and thus the ideal complement to Jamal's caution, sensitivity and resilience. These flashbacks constitute the body of a sharp, teeming, dark, very romantic film. (See other films from the Toronto Film Festival...
Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Ideal Date: Two surfboards, a decent swell, and a glorious Pacific sunset...
...community on how to provide women with equal opportunity to hold senior faculty positions in the sciences. His intentions were genuine, and his approach—to address a pressing issue with proactive analysis and creative solutions rather than idle talk and reliance on old thinking—was ideal, if poorly executed in this isolated case.His regrettable and oft-publicized remark aside, Summers applied the same approach of intellectual provocation throughout his stewardship of the University, and with great success. Under his leadership, Harvard’s endowment continued to flourish, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences commenced...
...Epstein passed away last Wednesday. He was 84. Epstein taught generations of medical students during his more than 30 years at Beth Israel. He was known to ask difficult questions during rounds, but was beloved by his colleagues and students. “In every way Frank exemplified the ideal physician, investigator, teacher, and scholar. He was a superb scientist with an incisive ability to probe the essence of any research question,” Mark L. Zeidel, chair of the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel, wrote in an e-mail sent to hospital faculty. “Above...
...Corrina, Corrina” is pleasant, even moving, if not a little rough around the edges. About a quarter of the way through the show, Kottke actually began to speak—first about how he never knows what to say to his audience, then about the ideal acoustics and intimidating decor of Sanders Theatre. Every digression or anecdote evoked a strange and enigmatic vision of the man and the movement he symbolizes. The strain of music that Kottke helped make famous—a hybrid of blues, folk, country, and bluegrass traditions known as “American Primitive?...