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...times a face is given a kind of Jell-O elasticity. Linklater first used this process, called rotoscoping, five years ago in Waking Life. It's appropriate to the subject, and is used artfully, though with a dilution in dramatic coherence. The technique is beguiling, the narrative impact weak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: X-Men, Keanu and Other Mutants | 5/26/2006 | See Source »

...resources that other parts of FAS badly need. The same departmental turf wars that have doomed recent attempts at creating new concentrations could sink DEAS’ expansion. But whether the Faculty deems DEAS’ expansion to be critical or not, Faculty members should know that the financial impact of the proposal on FAS will be minimal. A good portion of the funding will come from other parts of the University, including gifts for biomedical research and jointly-endowed professorships. Much of FAS’ funding has already been committed, some in the form of physical resources like...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Sound Investment | 5/26/2006 | See Source »

...whether there was a plan to add an exemption "to clarify the legality of such a program because they are currently gathering such records today without clear authority." An Intelligence Committee spokesman told TIME that the bill was pulled because more time was needed to determine how it might impact national security issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Police Digging into Your Phone Records? | 5/25/2006 | See Source »

...create a material cheap enough to be used in the world's poorest regions but also strong enough to withstand natural disasters like the recent earthquake in Afghanistan. The Strawjet - which was selected by a panel of experts, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, for its potential global impact - will be part of a traveling exhibit along with the contest's 24 other finalists, which will travel from New York City's Grand Central Terminal to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio, where it will be on display through September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Houses of Straw | 5/25/2006 | See Source »

...have denounced it as reminiscent of a snuff film.) The film opened the same week that the bridge board got the final funding for a $2 million, two-year study into design concepts for a barrier, as well as research into a barrier's environmental, traffic, noise and esthetic impact and effectiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stopping Jumpers on the Golden Gate | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

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