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...Billy Crudup) is not much help, preoccupied as he is with helping another superhero, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), in a secret experiment that may save the world or put a big hole in it. Dr. M. has also paid scant heed to his girlfriend Laurie (Malin Akerman), a.k.a. Silk Spectre II, who's ready to fall into the arms of nerdy Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), a.k.a. Nite Owl II--some new Watchmen have moved up as older ones have retired. Meanwhile, still President Nixon (Robert Wisden) and other U.S. officials are poised to avert a nuclear strike by the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen: Hero Worship | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...after the first science-fiction convention where Forrest J. Ackerman came dressed as a spacemen, thus inaugurating the pulp tribute costume - a group of citizens donned masks and gaudy couture and called themselves the Minutemen. Not so much groupies as avatars of the fictional superheroes, they spent World War II getting off on doing their truth-justice-and-the-American-way thing. Disbanded in 1944, they reconvened with some new personnel, and by the '60s were important factors in the country's social and foreign policy. By 1985, when the main story takes place, Eddie is one of the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen Review: (A Few) Moments of Greatness | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...much help in the search, preoccupied as he is with helping another superhero, Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), in a secret experiment that may save the world or put a big hole in it. Dr. M. has also paid scant heed to his girlfriend Laurie (Malin Akerman), a.k.a. Silk Spectre II, who's ready to fall into the open arms of nerdy Dan Dreiberg (Patrick Wilson), a.k.a. Nite Owl II - some new Watchmen have moved up when older ones retired. Meanwhile, still-President Nixon (Robert Wisden) and other top U.S. officials are poised to avert a nuclear strike from the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watchmen Review: (A Few) Moments of Greatness | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...course, given today’s universal economic problems, Western European countries will face both economic and political difficulties in sending money abroad. Even Europe’s strongest economy, Germany, is predicted to shrink by two to three percent this year, the worst performance since World War II. The recession has hit every country in Europe and has given rise to an upsurge in nationalist sentiments. Both the UK and Germany are due national elections in the next year or so, and leaders are astutely aware of the demands of their public. Nevertheless, politicians must do their utmost...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Eastern Promises | 3/4/2009 | See Source »

...implementation of gender neutral housing was the result of years of campus-wide advocacy. Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, a strong ally of the QSA, was one of many dedicated to spreading trans awareness within the Harvard community over five years...

Author: By Samantha L. Connolly and Danielle J. Kolin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Finding a Neutral Zone | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

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