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...most rudimentary of social skills, Dale and Brennan feel hate at first sight as quickly as their parents found love. Their resentment comes from territorial rivalry, but even more the fear that their comfortable situation, of being the sole object of a parent's pampering, is over right now. Learn to share - that's the implicit command. Play well with others. Two words: grow...
...When a grown women (like the Catherine Keener character in The 40 Year Old Virgin) approaches an Apatow hero, she'll often induce not passion but panic attacks, and need to take the lead, be aggressive, help him learn how to cope in the land beyond his obsessions and fears. (In Step Brothers Alice has that job, and she assumes it with missionary zeal.) Women are the Other to these six-foot kids. Inside, the Apatow movies say, men are really lost boys looking for a Wendy. Or, ever better, another Peter Pan - a rebellious youth who'll never grow...
...real values and harms our standing in the world. Many countries far surpass the U.S. in areas such as environmental stewardship, public transportation and health care. My admiration of these countries is not a lack of patriotism but simply a confession that my homeland still has much to learn. Brad A. Hoffman, Solon, Ohio...
...Thanks for sharing with us some immensely inspiring and beautiful insights into the mind of one of the greatest ever leaders of the world. There is a lot for everybody to learn. I hope the dictators in Zimbabwe and Sudan read this piece and learn - and then act like true leaders. Anju Chandel, New Delhi...
...each teen, Burstein has located a dramatic arc, twist and payoff. Colin needs to rack up points to impress the scouts, so he becomes a selfish player, taking all the shots and not passing off. Will he learn the value of teamwork before the big game? Megan is desperate to get into Notre Dame, where her father and siblings have gone, but she courts suspension with nasty pranks: promiscuously e-mailing a topless photo of another girl and making catty calls to her; wreathing a rival's car in toilet paper, then spray-painting a penis and the word...