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...Happily, Munich and Paradise Now are a relief from all that competence. The latter, about two would-be suicide bombers, is filled with bumbling and a full range of human responses, including humor, to the absurdity of blowing oneself up for a cause. The bombers are average guys dragooned into action by an old pledge. The decision to detonate depends more on a question of personal shame than religious or nationalist avidity-which doesn't seem very realistic either. But if the filmmakers err on the side of humanity, neither are there any blunderbuss "Can't we all just...
...associated with the “what is in the drinking water at that no-name school?” category. I think I can fairly say that the Evergreen College Geoducks—with apologies to any reader who is a Geoducks fanatic—belong in the latter...
...Harvard men’s hockey team travels to Grand Forks, N.D. for a two-game set on Dec. 29-30 in the Fighting Sioux’s Ralph Engelstad Arena, which holds 11,500 fans. The latter of the contests will be broadcast on ESPNU. The Crimson (9-5-1, 7-5-0 ECAC) is 3-3-1 in its last seven games, while North Dakota (12-7-1, 6-6-0 WCHA) is 5-2-0 in the same span. It will be the first time Harvard has played a WCHA team since Dec. 27, 2003, when...
...capital his knowledge extends. Is Woodward far ahead of his peers on this Washington scandal, as he and Bernstein were when they uncovered Watergate in the Nixon administration? Or is Woodward too close to his sources in the Bush administration to see the wider scenario at play?The latter charge has been levied at Woodward in the past month by such press gadflies as Frank Rich ’71, the New York Times columnist; Jay Rosen, former chair of the journalism department at New York University; and even Nora Ephron, Bernstein’s ex-wife.Also unclear is how much...
...dancers crouched on the floor like animals, the technically and musically difficult piece proved to be a challenge. The black unitards against a red background emphasized the moments the dancers strayed from their unison, although as the piece progressed, they seemed to synchronize more successfully with one other. The latter half of the recital consisted entirely of popular scenes from the Nutcracker: “Snow,” “Spanish Hot Chocolate,” “Arabian Tea,” “Waltz of the Flowers,” “Dance...