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...impressive and definitive. The fact that Ekman’s theories are often supported by fictional examples also weakens the book’s quality as a guide to catching liars in real life. In the first chapter, Ekman uses an incident between characters Jerry and Ruth in the John Updike ’54 novel, “Marry Me,” to illustrate the importance of concealing strong emotion while lying. Ekman muses on several hypothetical scenarios based on this incident in the book, but the fact that he completely manipulates the outcomes to support his points...
...Other notables included John Krasinski’s (“The Office”) adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men,” entitled “Sin Nombre.” Krasinski directed and stars in the film, which follows an ex-gang member as he tries to escape Central America into the U.S. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
CORRECTION: The Feb. 6 article "Finding Fun in the Sun(dance)" incorrectly stated that the movies "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" and "Sin Nombre" were one and the same. In fact, the two are distinct films, both shown at Sundance. The former was by director and screenwriter John Krasinski and the latter by director and screenwriter Cary Joji Fukunaga...
...faith-based organizations and government have existed for decades and were reinvigorated during the Clinton Administration, the issue became a partisan football during Bush's time in office. Even some of the faith-based initiative's earliest supporters - including Republican Congressman Mark Souder of Indiana and former office director John DiIulio - strongly criticized the way the Bush White House handled the effort and cut funds for social services. "The Bush Administration pushed hard on the things that created the most controversy and made it look more controversial than it is," says Melissa Rogers, professor at Wake Forest University's divinity...
...provisions might protect U.S. jobs in the short term, but the E.U. says they would hobble global trade, a key motor for the world economy. John Bruton, the E.U. ambassador in Washington, has described the measures as "setting a dangerous precedent, and "neither the right or effective response to the situation." German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that "past world economic crises showed protectionism would be the completely wrong answer...