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...disciple Stella Adler to give actors tools and techniques. It had its roots in drawing-room melodramas and classical literature, including an ancient text, the Natyashastra, devoted to the theory of drama. "It even tells you where in the audience a critic should sit," Khan says. "But you cannot learn acting from that." So he immersed himself in the films of Scorsese, Costa-Gavras and Bergman, and watched Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Marlon Brando over and over, trying to work out for himself how they do what they do. (See best movies, TV, books and theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping It Real | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

Republicans can learn from these examples. But first they have to say it loud and say it proud: The time has come to restore the center to the center-right coalition. Maybe it's even time to start a new convention so the centrists can meet face to face at least once a year, just as their conservative colleagues do. CenPAC, anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans Must Embrace the Vital Center | 2/15/2010 | See Source »

...Dutch, who used their blades to travel between villages. The Netherlands doesn't get much snow, and there are no mountains, so skiing is out of the question. But it gets cold, and the county's frozen winter waterways offer ample opportunities for outdoor skating. "In Holland, kids learn to walk and skate at the same time," says Pierre Hogers, drummer for a Dutch marching band called Kleintje Pils, which travels to speed skating events around the world to fire up the crowd (kleintje pils means "a little beer," because when the Dutch get together to watch speed skating, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Explaining the Crazy Dutch Love of Speed Skating | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

...conclusion, I chose to come to Harvard because I wanted to have the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research as a sophomore, learn from professors who are passionate about their students, row on the Charles as part of the novice crew team, learn Spanish, and pursue my interest in technology at the same time. Would I have had a less successful career had I pursued higher education in India? The answer is an emphatic “no,” because maneuvering through college in India would have equipped me with a skin thick enough to overcome...

Author: By MADHURA NARAWANE | Title: Why I Chose Harvard | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

...range of opportunities that educational institutions in the U.S. offer to students. There are so many different courses that I can take and such a variety of extracurricular activities that I can choose from. In high school, I had time to play in the orchestra, do Model U.N., and learn squash, all in the same semester. I was given the chance to develop not only within the classroom, but also outside...

Author: By Zhongrui Yin | Title: Reflections On Five Years in the U.S. | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

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