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...often develops a greater depth of intelligence in its specialties than is possible for the CIA, with its worldwide responsibilities and tendency to throw resources at the biggest brush fire. Chubb, Skold says, started seeing the first signs of trouble in Argentina two years ago, thanks to the insight of an underwriter who had spent considerable time in the country developing contacts within government and business. Early last year, Chubb forecast that an economic meltdown would make currency transfers impossible. As a result, it stopped offering insurance for short-term loan agreements nearly a year before Argentina's problems...
Spielberg places kids at the heart of E.T., and properly so. In a way, the choice is one of artistic convenience, because Spielberg has never really grown up. He has little insight into how mature characters function, and it shows in this film: Elliot’s single mother, who remains ignorant of E.T.’s presence far longer than she realistically could (a scene in which her daughter blatantly announces a speaking, moving E.T.’s proximity to her requires the mother to be improbably dense); the kindly scientist, who serves solely as a personal...
...ears indie pop songs that go down smooth. Ridiculously catchy songs like “Cowgirls on Parade” or “Wild Bikini” are perfect for that sunny Friday afternoon mood, when you just want something fun to sing along to, and lyrical insight be damned...
...somewhere in the middle of this it occurred to me: Pete’s my age and I’m sitting on my butt watching TV and eating Tostitos. My childhood dreams of basketball superstardom will never come true. I’d had a similar insight while watching the Little League World Series at 16. Once I hit 40, I’ll probably realize that even a future with the ever-graying New York Knicks is out of the question...
Though Memorial Church has never previously held a Buddhist event of this magnitude, the church has hosted several other talks by practicing Buddhists, including a visit last year by Joseph Goldstein, co-founder of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and a planned visit by prominent female Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chodron, author of When Things Fall Apart...