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...during Jack’s flashback, Shannon’s dad came into his hospital after a car crash. He ends up dying, and this is sad not just for Shannon, but because Matthew Fox was donning a horrible mop-top wig. Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, Sawyer is reeling in pain. The mysterious “Others” start that creepy whispering and in one instant another person is taken. Cut back to pouring rain (damn those tropical islands!) and Sayid is chasing Shannon through the forest. She’s sobbing and yelling...
...third grade, my class visited the Bronx Zoo; in fourth grade, we moved on to Ellis Island; freshman year of high school, we were cultured enough for the Met; and senior year, mature enough for the Holocaust Museum in New York. For a long time, New York City was just the end-point of many long school bus rides. I assumed every building was a museum or a monument, forgetting that eight million New Yorkers had to live somewhere. New Haven was the center of my universe, and New York was two hours off my radar...
...American priority. On Oct. 26, U.S. Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Richard Lawless announced in Tokyo that the two countries had resolved a nine-year standoff over plans to relocate the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the town of Ginowan, Okinawa, to a less populated part of the island chain. The next day, the U.S. Navy announced that Japan had dropped a long-standing objection and agreed to let the Navy replace its 44-year-old, diesel-powered Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, now stationed at Yokosuka, with a newer, nuclear-powered one. Then came the release of a report...
...reluctant to use medication, figuring she could get well by exercising more, adjusting her diet and smiling in front of a mirror. But for that approach to work, she says, she'd have needed to practice it for six to 12 stress-free months on a secluded island. Instead, she went on the drugs and felt better in two weeks. Author of the recently reprinted handbook Depression Explained (ABC Books), Smith espouses the biological theory of depression, of which, in her view, serotonin deficiency is just a component. "The pathway into depression is via anxiety and the overproduction of cortisol...
...money raised by the fund has already gone towards countless performances, cultural events and museum exhibits—364 students have toured exhibits at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Concord Museum, and over 700 students attended a performance of “The Island of Anyplace” at the Loeb Drama Center. Pudding members emphasized the importance of supporting local arts at Friday’s event. “The members of the Theatricals believe that it was arts in education that gave us the passion and practical skills to put up our annual show...