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...Burma's history of official secrecy may be more than just the usual knee-jerk reaction to bad news. The country's generals have been known to view natural events in a highly superstitious light: the discovery of a huge ruby or block of jade or a white elephant is invariably trumpeted as a validation of their rule, while a major earthquake could be seen as an omen of impending regime change. Whatever the tsunami's heavenly consequences for their rulers, however, ordinary Burmese have every reason to feel lucky...
...insights into the subtle direction of actors, watch as Larry Wachowski gives cues to star Keanu Reeves, suspended on wires for a fight scene, in a manner Ingmar Bergman may never have considered: "Head jerk. Then thrashing. Then a big thrash. And another one. Then clench. Tighter...
...seen an order like this,” said Robert Winters, editor of the Cambridge Civic Journal. “Anytime there’s a dispute with Harvard or a property tax issue like we have right now, there’s immediately a knee-jerk reaction to put pressure on the universities to cough up taxes...
...Investment in Sudan Part of a Larger Problem,” Nov. 15) regarding Harvard’s investments in companies associated with Sudan take an overly simplistic perspective on the matter. It’s easy to hear about the horrible genocides in Sudan and decide, in knee-jerk fashion, that Harvard is morally obliged to divest from anything that even remotely offers them any support...
Laurie, a British actor known for playing comic twits, transforms flawlessly into an American jerk. (In both accent and attitude he's a little like Survivor's Richard Hatch.) His brilliant, arrogant lead is buffered by a likable confidant (Robert Sean Leonard) and three young doctors (Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer) who hold patients' hands for him. The show also sports CGI effects that, CSI-style, bring us nose-to-cell with platelets and parasites. But unlike CSI, House is more interested in ideas than technology: Is the human touch overrated? Are concepts like "death with dignity" just...