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...Land Far, Far Away ... James Poniewozik was absolutely right in saying that the Shrek movies are really for him and not the kids [May 28]. Tex Avery's cartoons (starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig) and many other cartoons of the 1930s and '40s include jokes that kids don't have the cultural experience to understand. Shrek is the same. Do kids still need wonder and magic? Of course they do. Do they need classic stories turned into happily-ever-after tripe that doesn't even resemble the original? Absolutely not. Poniewozik only alluded to the fact that...
...Impasse? I was interested to read "The Dying of the Light," about how Mansour went from being Baghdad's glitziest neighborhood to one of its most dangerous [May 28]. It seems impossible for any side to win the war in Iraq. If the fighting were about land or money, maybe it would be easier for the U.N. or powerful nations to intervene and negotiate a settlement. But this war is about dominance and will. The Western countries involved have the technology and firepower, while the jihadists have the manpower and a willingness to die. I don't see how President...
Chambers Bay is not your typical golf course--condos don't line the fairways, carts are forbidden--but in other ways it exemplifies many of the trends in golf architecture: green maintenance practices, natural designs that follow the land and clever reuse of land. This stunning $20 million public course was an underproductive mine...
...ultimately failed, but only because of a technicality: the state’s Supreme Judicial Court refused to let MIT sell its Back Bay land to fund the merger...
...When not making it safe for airplanes to land (an optimization problem that Parkes worked on with the Federal Aviation Administration), Parkes admits he is a bit of a “foodie,” noting he loves Indian food...